MICROPLASTIC INGESTION BY MARINE FISH FROM THE CENTRAL TYRRHENIAN SEA: TOWARD THE IDENTIFICATION OF REGIONAL BIOINDICATORS: Tommaso VALENTE1, Paolo TOMASSETTI1, Laura CIARALLI1,2, Eleonora MONFARDINI1,3, Cecilia SILVESTRI1, Marco MATIDDI1 | 1ISPRA, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, CN-LAB/BIO; 2Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II; 3Department of Environmental Biology, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. J Biol Res. 2025;98(s2). doi:10.4081/jbr.2025.14533