Characterizing microplastic ingestion, transformation, and excretion in insects using fluorescent plastics
M. W. Ritchie, A. Cheslock, M. P. T. Bourdages, B. M. Hamilton, J. F. Provencher, J. E. Allison, H. A. MacMillan
The paper develops a method to isolate and characterize fluorescent microplastics in insects using a combined workflow of tissue dissection, digestion, filtering, and imaging.
bioRxiv · Nov 11, 2022 · PreprintZoology