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Data for: Microplastic accumulation in the gastrointestinal tracts in birds of prey
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This is a dataset containing microplastic accumulation data from raptors (birds of prey), separated by species, quantifying the amounts and types of microplastics found in the gastrointestinal tracts of different raptor species.
Microplastic accumulation and quantification separated by raptor species.
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