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Microplastics at the strandlines of Slovenian beaches

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Nanomaterials to microplastics: Swings and roundabouts

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A simple, rapid and accurate method for the sample preparation and quantification of meso- and microplastics in food and food waste streams

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Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies for Microplastics Identification: Progress and Challenges

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Microplastics in Water Resources: Threats and Challenges

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Microplastics in Galway Bay: A comparison of sampling and separation methods

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Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2018, 135, 932
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