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. 2015 Sep 24;5:14340. doi: 10.1038/srep14340

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The graph on the left (a) shows the proportion of individual fish sampled in each location that contained anthropogenic debris (black) in their GI tract. The middle bar (white) shows the proportion with plastic debris and the right bar (diagonal lines) shows the proportion with fibers. The graph on the right (b) shows the total number of pieces of anthropogenic debris (black) found across all fish from each location. The middle bar (white) shows the total number of pieces of plastic debris and the right bar (diagonal lines) shows the total number of fibers.