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Quantification of microplastic mass and removal rates at wastewater treatment plants applying Focal Plane Array (FPA)-based Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) imaging

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A large-scale investigation of microplastic contamination: Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in European beach sediment

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A semi-automated Raman micro-spectroscopy method for morphological and chemical characterizations of microplastic litter

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A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

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When Microplastic Is Not Plastic: The Ingestion of Artificial Cellulose Fibers by Macrofauna Living in Seagrass Macrophytodetritus

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