Histochemical alteration, protein nitration, and antioxidant expression in oysters as early warning indicators for microplastic contamination in the Texas Gulf Coast

• Rebecca Muñiz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

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• Md Faisal Amin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9274-1335

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• Md Saydur Rahman

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: md.rahman@utrgv.edu

  Affiliations School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America, School of Integrative Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-592X

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