Dynamics of litter pollution on Israeli Mediterranean beaches: A budgetary, litter flux approach

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 418-482

  Bowman, D ^a   Manor Samsonov, N ^a   Golik, A ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beach morphology; Beach pollution; Israeli beaches; Mediterranean beaches

Indexed keywords

COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITTER DYNAMICS;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0031954908     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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