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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Microplastics in sediment cores data from the UK continental shelf and slope 2017</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=009_CEFASec7a5bd1-6713-46c1-8b4b-818e7bd46db7</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">This dataset contains two CSV files. One CSV file reports locations and 
technical details for the cores, along with their slices, subsamples and the 
number of microplastic particles and fibres recorded in each 5g sample 
processed. Details of how the cores were sampled and processed can be found in 
the publication and its supporting information.

The second CSV file contains x-y data for the micro-ATR-IR analysis of 
representative particles picked from some of the filters, to provide some 
numerical data on polymer types and fractions of Nile Red positive particles 
that could be positively identified as plastics (positives), those that were 
biological in origin (false positives) and those that could not be confidently 
identified. Details of the procedure for this appear below. Images of the 
particles along with their IR spectra can be found in the ESI accompanying the 
publication.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20220324 20220322</dc:date>
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