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Identification of Microplastics Extracted from the Stomachs of Largemouth Bass from the Mid-atlantic Region Using Transmission FTIR Microscopy

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America 2023
Jillian Doherty, Jensen Rocha, Robert Humston, E. A. Johnson, William E. Lukens, Meagan Criscuoli, Ryan J. Woodland, Bob Murphy

Summary

Researchers used transmission FTIR microscopy to identify microplastics extracted from the stomachs of Largemouth Bass caught in the Mid-Atlantic region, characterizing polymer types and particle morphology in a commercially important freshwater species. Microplastic ingestion by freshwater fish consumed by humans creates a direct dietary exposure route, with fish-gut contents serving as a sentinel for plastic contamination in regional watersheds.

For this study microplastics extracted from Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoi...

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