Microplastics in the Deep: Comparing Dietary and Plastic Ingestion Data between Two Mediterranean Bathyal Opportunistic Feeder Species, <i>Galeus melastomus</i>, Rafinesque, 1810 and <i>Coelorinchus caelorhincus</i> (Risso, 1810), through Stomach Content Analysis
Marine plastic pollution is currently an issue of mounting concern around the world. Stomach content of marine fish has been increasingly used as a valid proxy for detecting the presence of such a pollutant in marine biota, both for coastal and deep-water environments. Although ingestion of micropla...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/5/624 |