Microplastic abundance and its relationship with sediment grain size in seagrass and bare flats of Panjang Island, Banten Bay, Indonesia

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 220, 2026 The 6^th International Conference on Marine Sciences (ICMS 2025)


Article Number		06012
Number of page(s)		12
Section		Ocean Science and Climate Change
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202622006012
Published online		11 February 2026

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