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Additional data for "Settling Velocities of Small Microplastic Fragments and Fibers"
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This data repository provides raw settling velocity measurements for small microplastic fragments and fibers, supporting a publication on their transport behavior in water. Settling velocity data is critical for modeling where microplastics deposit in rivers, lakes, and ocean sediments.
This repository provides additional files for the publication "Settling Velocities of Small Microplastic Fragments and Fibers" by Stefan Dittmar, Aki Sebastian Ruhl, Korinna Altmann and Martin Jekel (DOI: tba). It contains:- single particle raw data from settling experiments (1_settling_data.zip)- guide for preparing microfibers following protocol by M. Cole (2016, DOI: 10.1038/srep34519 Please consider the included readme files ('0_README_settling_data.txt', '0_README_length_measurements.txt') and revisit main publication and supplement information for further context on this data set.
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