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Microplastics in karstic systems: a review of sources, transport paths and storage
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This repository contains geospatial data and bibliographic records supporting a review of microplastic pollution in karst (limestone cave and sinkhole) systems, mapping where microplastics have been detected across these ecologically important groundwater environments. Karst systems supply drinking water to roughly a quarter of the world's population, making microplastic contamination there a significant but understudied human health concern.
En este repositorio se encuentran los siguientes datos: (1) Datos base para figuras.xlsx: contiene los conteos que respaldan las Figuras 3,4,5,6 y 7 así como la Tabla S1 y Figura S2 del artículo en revisión del mismo nombre. (2) Relación de artículos para revisión de la literatura.xlsx contiene la relación de los 157 artículos analizados para el artículo en revisión del mismo nombre (3) y (4) mpenkarst_puntos, tanto en formato gpkg como kml; el archivo representa el registro de los puntos en donde microplásticos han sido registrados en regiones kásrticas, y que están ilustrados en la Figura 2 del manuscrito en revisión del mismo nombre. Notas a los archivos de puntos: Las ubicaciones aquí reportadas se estimadas con base en la información proporcionada por las y los autores de los artículos revisados. Cada punto lleva aparejado el artículo origen, incluyendo su doi ára fácil identificación. La capa inicial se realizó con My Maps de Google, se exportó a kml y se editó en la versión 3.443- Solothurn de QGIS
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