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Microplastic Abundance, Shape, and Color in Passerines Captured at Rushton Woods Preserve Bird Banding Station in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA, April-September 2024

Environmental Data Initiative 2025
Victoria Moreira, Victoria Moreira, Jennifer J. Uehling, Alison Fetterman, Lisa Kiziuk, Michelle A. Eshleman, Megan L. Fork

Summary

Researchers collected fecal samples from five passerine bird species at a Pennsylvania bird banding station between April and September 2024, chemically digesting and filtering samples to quantify and characterize microplastics by abundance, shape, and color in woodland songbirds.

Fecal samples were collected from 5 species of passerine birds between April and September 2024 at the Rushton Woods Preserve Bird Banding Station. Samples were chemically digested and filtered for the purpose of extracting, quantifying, and describing microplastics.

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