This dataset contains surface water cell counts of phytoplankton and of plastic pieces collected at the Carlsbad Desalination Plant, obtained in December 2014, Sept. 2015, May 2016 and November 2016.
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Paytan, A., Potts, D., Haddad, B. (2017) Surface phytoplankton and plastic counts collected at the Carlsbad Desalination Plant along the coast of Southern California in 2014-2016 (Effluent Impacts on Coastal Ecology project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version ) Version Date 2017-09-19 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/716389 [access date]
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