Dataset underlying the publication "Water hyacinths retain river plastics"

This dataset is related to the publication "Water hyacinths retain river plastics". It is comprised of plastic concentrations, water hyacinth coverage and plastic transport rates estimates over the Saigon river, Vietnam, between December 2020 and January 2022.

• The dataset is comprised of two data sources: (1) Data collected by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) images [‘UAV images data’ sheet] and (2) Plastic transport data [‘Plastic transport data’ sheet]. The UAV images data shows the metrics used for quantifying water hyacinth abundance and plastic concentrations for all collected UAV images. The raw UAV images are made openly and freely accessible, in a separate data repository.