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Data set: Coagulation-driven restructuring of suspended particles decouples pelagic nanoplastic removal from biological exposure
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This record is a dataset supporting a study on how clumping of suspended particles in water changes the physical structure of nanoplastic particles, affecting how they settle out of the water versus how available they remain for organisms to encounter.
Dataset used in Coagulation-driven restructuring of suspended particles decouples pelagic nanoplastic removal from biological exposure.
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