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Microplastics drive both linear and threshold-type shifts in soil multifunctionality along concentration gradients

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Tamara Meizoso Regueira, Marina Dacal, Marina Dacal, Matthias Rillig

Summary

This is a dataset and analysis scripts accompanying a study showing that microplastics cause both gradual and abrupt 'tipping point' shifts in soil ecosystem functions depending on their concentration. Understanding these threshold effects is important because it suggests that soil health may collapse suddenly rather than declining linearly as microplastic pollution builds up.

Dataset and analysis scripts for the study "Microplastics drive both linear and threshold-type shifts in soil multifunctionality along concentration gradients".

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