Table 2.

Summary data of the catamaran net tows, locations, microplastic particles, and microplastic polymers. Additional station data is included in the Supplementary Information

Station	Latitude	Longitude	Volume sampled (m3)	Total MP	MP/m3	n PE	n PP	n PS	n Other
18–1	31° 39.920′ N	024° 27.287′ W	270	41	0.152	21	2	14	4
18–1	31° 40.476′ N	024° 28.369′ W	196	283	1.444	229	16	30	8
18–1	31° 41.038′ N	024° 29.374′ W	228	38	0.167	17	2	19	0
43–1	31° 19.496′ N	029° 34.347′ W	174	152	0.874	127	12	0	13
43–1	31° 20.462′ N	029° 35.133′ W	24a	82	3.417	69	9	0	4
43–1	31° 21.472′ N	029° 35.958′ W	98	63	0.643	51	9	0	3
48–1	31° 19.939′ N	030° 41.100′ W	333	53	0.159	23	2	0	28
48–1	31° 20.671′ N	030° 42.267′ W	325	98	0.302	74	8	0	16
48–1	31° 21.545′ N	030° 43.284′ W	292	108	0.370	95	4	0	9
55–1	31° 07.098′ N	033° 49.016′ W	204	214	1.049	188	19	0	7
55–1	31° 07.953′ N	033° 49.748′ W	176	280	1.591	257	19	0	4
55–1	31° 09.021′ N	033° 50.493′ W	81	293	3.617	240	16	0	37
68–1	32° 10.424′ N	034° 09.152′ W	176	28	0.159	23	0	0	5
68–1	32° 11.403′ N	034° 09.900′ W	244	54	0.221	39	3	0	12
68–1	32° 12.425′ N	034° 10.645′ W	144a	81	0.563	63	11	0	7
78–1	33° 08.520′ N	034° 33.673′ W	204	75	0.368	64	4	0	7
78–1	33° 09.608′ N	034° 34.564′ W	269	28	0.104	23	2	1	2
78–1	33° 10.708′ N	034° 35.527′ W	27a	194	7.185	168	17	0	9
87–1	33° 20.447′ N	033° 49.999′ W	212	41	0.193	22	0	0	19
87–1	33° 21.646′ N	033° 49.509′ W	206	13	0.063	2	0	0	11
87–1	33° 22.754′ N	033° 49.090′ W	257	24	0.093	4	0	0	20
107–1	35° 08.367′ N	020° 49.280′ W	297	24	0.081	13	3	0	8
107–1	35° 09.270′ N	020° 48.266′ W	333	34	0.102	23	5	0	6
107–1	35° 10.310′ N	020° 47.104′ W	291	40	0.137	36	4	0	0
107–1	35° 11.257′ N	020° 46.044′ W	285	35	0.123	25	4	0	6
107–1	35° 12.198′ N	020° 44.991′ W	308	24	0.078	19	2	0	3
107–1	35° 13.206′ N	020° 43.862′ W	272	18	0.066	15	1	0	2

^aNet clogged with Sargassum weed, flowmeter blocked