Table 3 Abundance (mean ± SE) and percent contribution (%) of MPs size classes found in thumbprint emperor sampled at Vueti Navakavu LMMA in the dry and wet seasons in Fiji.

From: Multibiomarker responses to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and microplastics in thumbprint emperor Lethrinus harak from a South Pacific locally managed marine area

Season

0.1–0.4 mm (%)

0.5–0.9 mm (%)

1.0–1.4 mm (%)

1.5–1.9 mm (%)

Dry

0.3 ± 0.1 (20%)

0.7 ± 0.2 (60%)

1.1 ± 0.1 (12%)

1.7 ± 0.1 (8%)

Wet

0.4 ± 0.1 (50%)

0.7 ± 0.2 (38%)

1.0 ± 0.1 (9%)

1.7 ± 0.1 (3%)

Total

0.4 ± 0.0

0.7 ± 0.0

1.2 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.0

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