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Rubbish Tip

18 January, 2013

Team Leader
Heather Pardoe
Number of Participants
6
Total Debris Collected
5 kgs (estimated)

-31.353637, 117.070313

Survey Information

Location Name
Rubbish Tip
Organization/Dive Centre
BCDA
City
Geraldton
Country
Australia
Date
18 January, 2013
Survey Duration
40 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: -31.353637
Longitude: 117.070313
Weather Conditions
Windy
Survey Depth Range
2–5 meters
Area Surveyed
80 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
rocky reef
Wave Conditions
Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bait Containers, Packaging 1
Containers: Fast Food, Lunch Boxes & Similar 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
SCUBA & Snorkel Gear-masks, Snorkels, Fins 1
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 8
metal materials collected
Metal Fragments 9
rubber materials collected
Tires/tyres 1
wood materials collected
Wood Fragments 20
cloth materials collected
Bags (burlap) 1
Rope And String (cloth) 2
mixed materials collected
Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement 2
other materials collected
Land Mammal Bones 7
Disused Craypot 1
Large Log 1

Bones


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