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Correction: Investigating the correlation between morphological features of microplastics (5–500 µm) and their analytical recovery
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Researchers investigated how the shape and size characteristics of microplastic particles (ranging from 5 to 500 micrometers) affect how reliably they can be detected and counted during laboratory analysis, with findings that help improve measurement accuracy for environmental monitoring of plastic pollution.
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