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Renae Hovey

The University of Western Australia

35 Stirling Highway

Crawley, WA 6009

Australia

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

4

DOWNLOADS

131

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (4)

1.

Plastic Contamination in Commercially Valuable Decapods Caught Near a Major Australian Urban Centre

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Oct 2025
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crab, spiny lobster, Microplastic, Plastic pollution, crustaceans, Phthalates

2.

Microplastic Extraction from Digestive Tracts of Large Decapods

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Apr 2024
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chitin, crustacean, plastic contamination, KOH method, alkaline digestion, density separation

3.

Investigation of existing gear alternatives as a strategy for reducing plastic contamination from an Australian pot fishery

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Feb 2026
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fishing gear, fishing rope, triple bottom line analysis, plastic-free alternatives, plastic pollution, beach litter

4.

Microplastic Pollution along the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area: Local Source Contributions within a Remote Marine Protected Area

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 May 2026
The University of Western Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, The University of Western Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, affiliation not provided to SSRN, The University of Western Australia, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Beach sediments, Anthropogenic Impact, Marine debris, Tourism, Random Forest, Multivariate