The impact of plastic debris on the biota of tidal flats in Ambon Bay (Eastern Indonesia)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-242

  Uneputty, Prulley ^a   Evans, S M ^b  

^a PATTIMURA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; MEIOFAUNA; PLASTIC DEBRIS; POLLUTION EFFECTS; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL FLATS;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; INDONESIA; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

INDONESIA, MOLUCCAS, AMBON, AMBON BAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0030757062     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(97)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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