>Twice a day, (if possible) we want you to take a 0.5 litre of sea water, put it through a GOES filter (developed by Dr.Jesus Ramon Barriuso Diez), count plankton, microplastics (fibres and beads) and any other particles which are over 20 microns.
I believe they went with this method because it's easier for non-scientists to contribute to their study.
They mention nets, but you're right in being suspicious in the method of collection. It does not seem like it uses best practices.
Because the GOES Foundation use volunteer yachts to collect the data:
https://www.goesfoundation.com/citizen-science-project/
>Twice a day, (if possible) we want you to take a 0.5 litre of sea water, put it through a GOES filter (developed by Dr.Jesus Ramon Barriuso Diez), count plankton, microplastics (fibres and beads) and any other particles which are over 20 microns.
I believe they went with this method because it's easier for non-scientists to contribute to their study.
They mention nets, but you're right in being suspicious in the method of collection. It does not seem like it uses best practices.