Frequency of Microplastics in Mesopelagic Fishes from the Northwest Atlantic
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1 Earth and Ocean Sciences and Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland, 2 Zoology and Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland, 3 Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geoscience, Earth and Ocean Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland, 4 Perkin Elmer, Beaconsfield, United Kingdom, 5 School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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