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Extraction Protocol Optimization for Detection of Microplastics in Digestive System Contents of Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta Caretta)
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Researchers developed and optimized an extraction protocol specifically designed to detect and characterize microplastics found in the digestive systems of loggerhead sea turtles, addressing a methodological gap in marine litter research affecting protected wildlife.
Marine litter is one of the most important human-caused pressures on the marine environment, it is defined as “any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment” [1, 2]. The...
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