Data and Code for the publication 'Floodplain vegetation filters microplastics during a major Rhine flood event'

The dataset contains data on meteological data, above ground biomass, deposit masses and microplastic abundances from deposits on floodplain vegetation in the floodplain Langel-Merkenich (Cologne, Germany) after the flood event 2021. They were analysed in the paper by M. Rolf, H. Laermanns, C. Laforsch, M. G. J. Löder, C. Bogner "Floodplain vegetation filters microplastics during a major Rhine flood event" (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43591-026-00181-w) published in Microplastics and Nanoplastics. The ZIP-file contains: 5x R-Markdown files: Start with Data_read_in, Analysis_plots_sqm, Analysis_plots_g, Correlation_plots and precip_data. 1x folder: MP_datasome folders are empty, but they will be used once you run the R-Code. The R-Code is running on R4.5.2 and RStudio 2026.01.0 Build 392. If you face any issue with dataset, please let me know.