| foraging preferences influence microplastic ingestion by six marine fish species from the texas gulf coast. | this study evaluated the influence of foraging preferences on microplastic ingestion by six marine fish species from the texas gulf coast. a total of 1381 fish were analyzed and 42.4% contained ingested microplastic, inclusive of fiber (86.4%), microbead (12.9% %), and fragment (<1.0%) forms. despite a substantial overlap in diet, ordination of ingested prey items clustered samples into distinctive species groupings, reflective of the foraging gradient among species. orthopristis chrysoptera dis ... | 2017 | 28705629 |