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Diet-Weighted Comparisons Reveal Species-Specific Microplastic Profiles across an Environment–Prey–Raptor System
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This is a dataset supporting a study of microplastics in the environment, prey animals, and five raptor species in Harbin, China. It includes measurements of microplastic amounts, polymer types, particle shapes, and sizes across these different sources.
This dataset supports the manuscript “Diet-Weighted Comparisons Reveal Species-Specific Microplastic Profiles across an Environment–Prey–Raptor System.” It provides data on microplastic abundance, polymer composition, particle shape, and size in environmental media, local prey, and five raptor species from Harbin, China.
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