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Dataset_Zhao et al, PNAS Nexus, pgad070.xlsx
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This is a dataset from a study documenting pelagic microplastics in the North Pacific subtropical gyre, examining their contribution to the particulate organic carbon pool in open ocean waters.
This is the dataset for the paper 'Pelagic microplastics in the North Pacific subtropical gyre: a prevalent anthropogenic component of the particulate organic carbon pool' PNAS Nexus, pgad070, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad070
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