Polymer Characterization of Submerged Plastic Litter from Lake Tahoe, United States

Evidence record

Institutions

UC Davis TERC / Desert Research Institute / Clean Up the Lake

Research focus

Presence / Occurrence; Monitoring Methods

Available evidence

Published study; Existing baseline data

Location

Five lakebed transects in Lake Tahoe

Location type

Lake transects

Location confidence

High

Data availability

Public dataset on Dryad: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.866t1g1vj

Watershed / region

Lake Tahoe Basin

Verification date

2026-09-11

DOI

10.1177/00037028231201174

Notes

SCUBA collection along five Lake Tahoe lakebed transects; underlying data are publicly downloadable.

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