Table 2. List of cores from the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf processed for plastic extraction.

We report coordinates (latitude and longitude) of sampled mangrove cores, the name of the site, and MARs (in grams per square centimeter per year) calculated for each core.

Core ID	Sea	Latitude (N)	Longitude (E)	Site	MAR (g cm−2 year−1)
1	Red Sea	22.972008	38.848878	Khor Al-Kharrar	0.52 ± 0.09
2	Red Sea	22.938872	38.878769	Khor Al-Kharrar	0.021 ± 0.002
3	Red Sea	22.752567	38.997394	Khor Al-Baqila	0.29 ± 0.12
4	Red Sea	22.282150	39.084325	Al Taweelah	0.20 ± 0.06
5	Arabian Gulf	27.28603	49.56685	Abu-Ali	0.25 ± 0.02
6	Arabian Gulf	27.28283	49.56523	Abu-Ali	0.45 ± 0.05
7	Arabian Gulf	26.71674	50.02111	Ras Tanura–Safwa 1	0.50 ± 0.05
8	Arabian Gulf	26.64246	50.01462	Ras Tanura–Safwa 2	0.28 ± 0.09
9	Arabian Gulf	26.63699	50.01067	Ras Tanura–Safwa 2	0.44 ± 0.06