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Table 1 Plastic loads (p kg− 1) in soil samples (for plastics size range 171 μm – 52 mm)

From: Meso- and microplastic distribution and spatial connections to metal contaminations in highly cultivated and urbanised floodplain soilscapes – a case study from the Nidda River (Germany)

Sampling depth (cm)

Plastic loads (p kg− 1)

Transect NID

Transect MOK

Transect OKA

Transect FRA

1

2

1

2

3

1

2

3

2

1

0–10

2.92

15.14

11.78

0.00

1.10

4.77

35.82

11.44

7.76

5.80

10–20

4.58

3.61

13.86

0.00

0.00

2.48

19.39

4.93

1.40

4.45

20–30

27.25

4.18

1.26

0.00

2.61

5.16

2.76

2.07

3.98

5.43

30–40

2.22

0.71

3.47

2.27

1.94

2.18

2.57

1.81

2.20

21.27

40–50

0.00

12.00

2.32

1.65

1.87

0.00

1.49

1.92

5.83

0.00

50–75

0.55

0.43

0.14

1.04

1.34

0.44

0.00

0.00

1.71

2.36

75–100

1.01

1.57

2.27

0.00

0.00

0.48

0.77

0.00

2.04

1.40

100–125

0.00

0.00

0.00

5.60

5.18

0.00

1.66

0.00

2.09

0.63

125–150

0.70

0.00

5.11

0.00

3.76

1.80

0.00

0.00

1.45

0.59

150–200

0.00

1.59

1.67

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00