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encounters with marine animals (Fendall and Sewell, 2009). The smallest
dimension of microplastic particles so far observed in the marine
environment is 1.6 µm (Galgani et al., 2010), but smaller particles including
nanoscalemicroparticlesshouldalsobepresentinseawater.Thesmallerthe
particle size, the more difficult it is to isolate and image the particle.
