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Fate and effects of macro-and microplastics in coastal wetlands
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This dataset supports a study evaluating the stocks, fate, and biological and biogeochemical effects of macro- and microplastics in coastal wetland environments, including field-sampled plastic abundance data.
The dataset was used to evaluate the stocks, fate, biological and biogeochemical effects of plastics in coastal wetlands with plastics abundance dataThe data were used for analyses in the following paper: Xiaoguang Ouyang, Carlos M. Duarte, Siu-Gin Cheung, Nora Fung-Yee Tam, Stefano Cannicci, Cecilia Martin, Hoi Shing Lo, Shing Yip Lee (2022) Fate and effects of macro-and microplastics in coastal wetland. Environmental Science & Technology. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06732.
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