Tar pellets and plastics as attachment surfaces for lepadid cirripedes in the North Atlantic Ocean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 855-859

  Minchin, Dan ^a  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; TAR;

ARTICLE; BARNACLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRELAND; NORTH AMERICA; PARTICLE SIZE; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATA; ATTACHMENT; BIOLOGICAL ATTACHMENT; PLASTIC DEBRIS; STALKED BARNACLE; TAR BALL; TAR BALLS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

CIRRIPEDIA; DOSIMA; DOSIMA FASCICULARIS; LEPADIDAE; LEPAS PECTINATA; THORACICA;

EID: 0030302678     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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