Quantitative comparison of microplastics in the gastropod Polinices mammillia (Linnaeus, 1758) and the bivalve Callista erycina (Linnaeus, 1758) from the intertidal area of Carigara, Leyte, Philippines.
Degradation of large plastic debris results to minute polymers that are not visible to the naked eye. These are ubiquitous in the world's oceans and known as microplastics, generally accepted at a size of <5 mm. This research elucidates first accounts of microplastic contamination and quanti...
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Cyrus A. Granados
2019
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