Marine invertebrates are vulnerable to microplastic exposure and their use in monitoring programmes to assess environmental contamination is a common practise. Microplastic contamination in oysters is widespread but without standardized methodologies it is difficult to infer by how much or to compare between studies. Additionally, current methodology is insufficient for determining what fraction exists at a specific size range particularly for smaller sizes (
Comparison of standard methodologies for plastic identification and quantification in field deployed oysters
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