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vol. 113 no. 29 E4121-E4122

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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1606615113

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Published in issue July 19, 2016.
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Robin Lenz^a,¹,
Kristina Enders^a, and
Torkel Gissel Nielsen^a

^aSection for Marine Ecology and Oceanography, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark

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↵¹To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: roble{at}aqua.dtu.dk.

Author contributions: K.E. and T.G.N. designed research; R.L. performed research; T.G.N. provided scientific leadership; and R.L. and K.E. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Data deposition: A fully referenced version of the data review has been deposited at figshare.com, accessible under: https://figshare.com/articles/Size_and_concentration_comparison_for_microplastics_between_reported_environmental_levels_and_laboratory_exposure_studies/3206449.

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