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High quantities of small microplastics presenting from surface ocean to abyssal depths in the South Atlantic Subtropical Gyre
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This dataset presents microplastic particle data collected from the South Atlantic Subtropical Gyre across the full depth profile from surface ocean to abyssal depths, with polymer identification by FTIR imaging spectroscopy.
MP particles were collected in the South Atlantic Gyre and identified with the FTIR imaging.
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