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Supporting data for Chapter 5: Sources and distribution of microplastics in the East China Sea
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Scientists tracked how tiny plastic bits move and spread through the East China Sea, a busy fishing region. This data archive shares the models and results behind that research, helping others understand where ocean microplastics come from and where they end up, information that matters since seafood from these waters can carry microplastics onto our plates.
This archive provides supporting materials for our study of microplastic sources and distribution in the East China Sea (Sun et al., 2022). The study forms Chapter 5 of my doctoral thesis, Microplastics: Sources, Pathways and Aquatic Fate. The materials include model settings, tabulated results, Supplementary Tables S5.1–S5.4, and the available summer and winter PE plotting grids for Figure 5.5. Source documentation and a Python extraction script are also provided for buoy observations obtained separately from Science Data Bank. The collection covers selected supporting materials; the complete model code and simulation outputs are not included. Please refer to the README for file descriptions, data sources and guidance on interpreting and using the materials. The archive is shared under CC BY 4.0; external datasets remain subject to their providers’ terms.
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