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'''Abigail P. W. Barrows''' (born 1984) is an American [[Oceanography|marine research]] scientist{{Cite web|title=Abigail Barrows|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TyIz1vQAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2022-01-09|website=scholar.google.com}} and advocate based in [[Maine]].{{Cite web|last=Kevin|first=Brian|date=2021-09-19|title=In a Maine Fishing Village, a Microplastics Researcher Reenvisions Aquaculture|url=https://downeast.com/land-wildlife/microplastics-aquaculture-maine/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Down East Magazine|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921150249/https://downeast.com/land-wildlife/microplastics-aquaculture-maine/ |archive-date=2021-09-21 }} Barrows is the [[Principal investigator]] for the Global Microplastics Initiative with Adventure Scientists, where she directs [[microplastics]] research that is used to inform [[Conservation biology|conservation]]-focused legislation, and she initiated the first baseline data map of [[plastic pollution|microplastic pollution]] distribution in the waters off the coast of Maine.{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Vivian|date=2020-05-07|title=An Unexpected Dinner Guest: Marine Plastic Pollution Hides a Neurological Toxin in Our Food|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/learning/an-unexpected-dinner-guest-marine-plastic-pollution-hides-a-neurological-toxin-in-our-food.html|access-date=2022-01-09|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2019-02-09 |title=Abby Barrows |url=https://abbybarrows.com/ |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=Abby Barrows |language=en-US}} Her primary interests are in research, seaweed and oyster farming, education, field methodology, and using scientific data to drive legislation and policy to lower single-use plastic.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-09 |title=Abby Barrows |url=https://abbybarrows.com/ |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=Abby Barrows |language=en-US}}
'''Abigail P. W. Barrows''' (born 1984) is an American [[Oceanography|marine research]] scientist{{Cite web|title=Abigail Barrows|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TyIz1vQAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2022-01-09|website=scholar.google.com}} and advocate based in [[Maine]].{{Cite web|last=Kevin|first=Brian|date=2021-09-19|title=In a Maine Fishing Village, a Microplastics Researcher Reenvisions Aquaculture|url=https://downeast.com/land-wildlife/microplastics-aquaculture-maine/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Down East Magazine|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921150249/https://downeast.com/land-wildlife/microplastics-aquaculture-maine/ |archive-date=2021-09-21 }} Barrows is the [[Principal investigator]] for the Global Microplastics Initiative with Adventure Scientists, where she directs [[microplastics]] research that is used to inform [[Conservation biology|conservation]]-focused legislation, and she initiated the first baseline data map of [[plastic pollution|microplastic pollution]] distribution in the waters off the coast of Maine.{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Vivian|date=2020-05-07|title=An Unexpected Dinner Guest: Marine Plastic Pollution Hides a Neurological Toxin in Our Food|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/learning/an-unexpected-dinner-guest-marine-plastic-pollution-hides-a-neurological-toxin-in-our-food.html|access-date=2022-01-09|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2019-02-09 |title=Abby Barrows |url=https://abbybarrows.com/ |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=Abby Barrows |language=en-US}} Her primary interests are in research, seaweed and [[oyster farming]], education, field methodology, and using scientific data to drive legislation and policy to lower single-use plastic.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-09 |title=Abby Barrows |url=https://abbybarrows.com/ |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=Abby Barrows |language=en-US}}


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Barrows grew up in [[Stonington, Maine]], a town on the island of [[Deer Isle (island)|Deer Isle]], off the coast of [[Maine]].{{Cite web |title=Abigail Barrows MPhil ’18 is at the Center of Worldwide Microfiber Study |url=https://www.coa.edu/live/news/1581-abigail-barrows-mphil-18-is-at-the-center-of |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.coa.edu |language=en}} Her family owned a small farm, which was part of how she discovered her love for animals.{{Cite web |last=Kevin |first=Brian |date=2021-09-19 |title=In a Maine Fishing Village, a Microplastics Researcher Reenvisions Aquaculture |url=https://downeast.com/land-wildlife/microplastics-aquaculture-maine/ |access-date=2025-11-24 |website=Down East Magazine |language=en-US}} From a teenager, she knew she loved the outdoors after participating in an Outward Bound trip. She began to learn about and love the ocean which helped her pursue her career. Her interests are in research, oyster and seaweed farming, innovation, and working to reduce single-use plastic locally & globally.{{Cite web |title=About Abby Barrows |url=https://www.deerisleoysterco.com/abby-barrows |access-date=2025-10-19 |website=Deer Isle Oyster Company |language=en-US}} In 2006, Barrows graduated with a bachelor's degree in [[zoology]], with a focus on marine biology from the [[University of Tasmania]], Australia.{{Cite web|last=Carne|first=Gabriella|date=2017-02-10|title=Abi Barrows - Fighting Plastic Pollution with Citizen Science|url=https://www.scu.edu/environmental-ethics/environmental-activists-heroes-and-martyrs/abby-barrows.html|url-status=live|access-date=2019-01-12|website=scu.edu/ethics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208063745/https://www.scu.edu/environmental-ethics/environmental-activists-heroes-and-martyrs/abby-barrows.html |archive-date=2019-12-08 }} After returning to Stonington, Maine, Barrows completed her master's degree in microplastics from the [[College of the Atlantic]] in Bar Harbor, Maine in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventurescientists.org/field-notes/the-depth-of-our-plastic-problem-microplastics-researcher-abby-barrows-firsthand-account-from-the-oceanic-society-expedition|first=Victoria|last=Ortiz|title=Oceanic Society Expedition|website=adventurescientists.org|access-date=2019-01-12}}
Barrows grew up in [[Stonington, Maine]], a town on the island of [[Deer Isle (island)|Deer Isle]], off the coast of [[Maine]].{{Cite web |title=Abigail Barrows MPhil ’18 is at the Center of Worldwide Microfiber Study |url=https://www.coa.edu/live/news/1581-abigail-barrows-mphil-18-is-at-the-center-of |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.coa.edu |language=en}} Her family owned a small farm, which was part of how she discovered her love for animals.{{Cite web |last=Kevin |first=Brian |date=2021-09-19 |title=In a Maine Fishing Village, a Microplastics Researcher Reenvisions Aquaculture |url=https://downeast.com/land-wildlife/microplastics-aquaculture-maine/ |access-date=2025-11-24 |website=Down East Magazine |language=en-US}} From a teenager, she knew she loved the outdoors after participating in an Outward Bound trip. She began to learn about and love the ocean which helped her pursue her career. Her interests are in research, oyster and [[seaweed farming]], innovation, and working to reduce single-use plastic locally & globally.{{Cite web |title=About Abby Barrows |url=https://www.deerisleoysterco.com/abby-barrows |access-date=2025-10-19 |website=Deer Isle Oyster Company |language=en-US}} In 2006, Barrows graduated with a bachelor's degree in [[zoology]], with a focus on marine biology from the [[University of Tasmania]], Australia.{{Cite web|last=Carne|first=Gabriella|date=2017-02-10|title=Abi Barrows - Fighting Plastic Pollution with Citizen Science|url=https://www.scu.edu/environmental-ethics/environmental-activists-heroes-and-martyrs/abby-barrows.html|url-status=live|access-date=2019-01-12|website=scu.edu/ethics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208063745/https://www.scu.edu/environmental-ethics/environmental-activists-heroes-and-martyrs/abby-barrows.html |archive-date=2019-12-08 }} After returning to Stonington, Maine, Barrows completed her master's degree in microplastics from the [[College of the Atlantic]] in Bar Harbor, Maine in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adventurescientists.org/field-notes/the-depth-of-our-plastic-problem-microplastics-researcher-abby-barrows-firsthand-account-from-the-oceanic-society-expedition|first=Victoria|last=Ortiz|title=Oceanic Society Expedition|website=adventurescientists.org|access-date=2019-01-12}}


==Career==
==Career==
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* Microfibre Methodologies for the Field and Laboratory. '''Abigail P.W. Barrows''' and Courtney A. Neumann. In ''Polluting Textiles'', pp. 15-32. Routledge, 2022.
* Microfibre Methodologies for the Field and Laboratory. '''Abigail P.W. Barrows''' and Courtney A. Neumann. In ''Polluting Textiles'', pp. 15-32. Routledge, 2022.
* Global patterns for the spatial distribution of floating microfibers: Arctic Ocean as a potential accumulation zone. André R.A. Lima, Guilherme V.B. Ferreira, '''Abigail P.W. Barrows''', Katie S. Christiansen, Gregg Treinish, Michelle C. Toshack. [[Journal of Hazardous Materials]]. 2021.
* Global patterns for the spatial distribution of floating microfibers: [[Arctic Ocean]] as a potential accumulation zone. André R.A. Lima, Guilherme V.B. Ferreira, '''Abigail P.W. Barrows''', Katie S. Christiansen, Gregg Treinish, Michelle C. Toshack. [[Journal of Hazardous Materials]]. 2021.
* A watershed-scale, [[citizen science]] approach to quantifying microplastic concentration in a mixed land-use river. '''Abigail P.W. Barrows''', Katie S. Christiansen, Emma T. Bode, Timothy J. Hoellein. [[Water Research]]. 2018.{{Cite journal |last1=Barrows |first1=Abigail P. W. |last2=Christiansen |first2=Katie S. |last3=Bode |first3=Emma T. |last4=Hoellein |first4=Timothy J. |date=2018-12-15 |title=A watershed-scale, citizen science approach to quantifying microplastic concentration in a mixed land-use river |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135418308078 |journal=Water Research |volume=147 |pages=382–392 |bibcode=2018WatRe.147..382B |doi=10.1016/j.watres.2018.10.013 |issn=0043-1354 |pmid=30336341|url-access=subscription }}
* A watershed-scale, [[citizen science]] approach to quantifying microplastic concentration in a mixed land-use river. '''Abigail P.W. Barrows''', Katie S. Christiansen, Emma T. Bode, Timothy J. Hoellein. [[Water Research]]. 2018.{{Cite journal |last1=Barrows |first1=Abigail P. W. |last2=Christiansen |first2=Katie S. |last3=Bode |first3=Emma T. |last4=Hoellein |first4=Timothy J. |date=2018-12-15 |title=A watershed-scale, citizen science approach to quantifying microplastic concentration in a mixed land-use river |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135418308078 |journal=Water Research |volume=147 |pages=382–392 |bibcode=2018WatRe.147..382B |doi=10.1016/j.watres.2018.10.013 |issn=0043-1354 |pmid=30336341|url-access=subscription }}
* Grab vs. neuston tow net: a microplastic sampling performance comparison and possible advances in the field. '''Abigail P. W. Barrows''', Courtney A. Neumann, Michelle L. Berger and Susan D. Shaw. [[Analytical Methods (journal)|Analytical Methods]], 2017.{{Cite journal |last1=Barrows |first1=Abigail P. W. |last2=Neumann |first2=Courtney A. |last3=Berger |first3=Michelle L. |last4=Shaw |first4=Susan D. |date=2017-03-02 |title=Grab vs. neuston tow net: a microplastic sampling performance comparison and possible advances in the field |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ay/c6ay02387h |journal=Analytical Methods |language=en |volume=9 |issue=9 |pages=1446–1453 |doi=10.1039/C6AY02387H |issn=1759-9679|url-access=subscription }}
* Grab vs. neuston tow net: a microplastic sampling performance comparison and possible advances in the field. '''Abigail P. W. Barrows''', Courtney A. Neumann, Michelle L. Berger and Susan D. Shaw. [[Analytical Methods (journal)|Analytical Methods]], 2017.{{Cite journal |last1=Barrows |first1=Abigail P. W. |last2=Neumann |first2=Courtney A. |last3=Berger |first3=Michelle L. |last4=Shaw |first4=Susan D. |date=2017-03-02 |title=Grab vs. neuston tow net: a microplastic sampling performance comparison and possible advances in the field |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ay/c6ay02387h |journal=Analytical Methods |language=en |volume=9 |issue=9 |pages=1446–1453 |doi=10.1039/C6AY02387H |issn=1759-9679|url-access=subscription }}
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