Gastric lavage may not be representative of total microplastic ingestion for a wild passerine bird

• R. Keith Andringa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: keithandringa@tamu.edu

  Affiliations Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Interdisciplinary Program, Texas A&M University, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, Schubot Center for Avian Health, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-4521

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• Nicholas A. Bruni,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University

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• Jennifer A. Smith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Department of Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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• Heather L. Prestridge,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University

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• Ryan Thornton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Government Canyon State Natural Area, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

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• Jacquelyn K. Grace

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Interdisciplinary Program, Texas A&M University, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University

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