Geographical coordinates and dates of sampling of 42 mantas trawls from Tara Mediterranean Expedition used to test the statistical sub-sampling protocol to determine how many microplastics must be analyzed to give a representative view of the particle size distribution and chemical nature of microplastics.
Supplement to: Kedzierski, M; Villain, J; Falcou-Prefol, M; Kerros, Marie-Emmanuelle; Henry, M; Pedrotti, Maria Luiza; Bruzaud, Stéphane; Mukherjee, Baidehi (2019): Microplastics in Mediterranean Sea: A protocol to robustly assess contamination characteristics. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0212088