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Experimental Dataset: Microplastics-Glyphosate Study in Microalgae
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Researchers compiled raw experimental data supporting a study on the interaction between microplastics and glyphosate in the freshwater green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, providing the underlying dataset for published findings on combined contaminant effects.
This Excel spreadsheet contains the raw data for work described in the manuscript "Interaction of microplastics and glyphosate: Effects on the freshwater green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" submitted for publication.
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