This dataset contains the total count of benthic Annelida and Crustaceans and of plastic pieces, normalized to the volume of sediment collected at the Carlsbad Desalination Plant, obtained in December 2014, Sept. 2015, May 2016 and November 2016.
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Paytan, A., Haddad, B., Potts, D. (2017) Sedimentary benthic fauna and plastic abundance at the Carlsbad Desalination Plant, Southern California 2014-2016 (Effluent Impacts on Coastal Ecology project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version ) Version Date 2017-10-04 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/716366 [access date]
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