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. 2023 Feb 22;57(9):3562–3570. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05617

Table 2. Overview over the Distribution of Plastic-Type Categories Found in Fulmar Samplesa.

  N PO (%) mass (%) min (g) q1 (g) median (g) q3 (g) max (g)
total 1408 94.9 100 0 0.026 0.086 0.250 1.467
industrial plastics 38 48.7 8.8 0 0 0 0.030 0.138
user plastics 1370 94.9 91.2 0 0.026 0.077 0.213 1.414
a

Industrial plastics are exclusively pre-production pellets (nurdles), while user plastics comprise several shapes that originate from plastic products. PO (%) is the percentage of occurrence.