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Data from “East Asian seas: a hot spot of pelagic microplastics”

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This dataset provides the raw data from the study identifying East Asian seas as a hotspot of pelagic microplastics, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin (2015).

Data from “East Asian seas: a hot spot of pelagic microplastics” published in Marine Pollution Bulltein(2015; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.10.042) Search "Readme:East Asian seas: a hot spot of pelagic microplastics" for the data format

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