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AgriMPs_SJC_DataFile.xlsx
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This is a dataset from a study showing that agricultural fertilizers contribute substantially to microplastic concentrations in UK soils, with data from a long-term wheat experiment at Rothamsted Research.
The data file supports the manuscript entitled 'Agricultural fertilisers contribute substantially to microplastic concentrations in UK soils'.Data from microplastic analysis of agricultural soils from the Broadbalk winter wheat experiment at Rothamsted Research. The available data is part of a time-series analysis of soils from the Rothamsted Sample Archive.
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