Influences on the distribution of marine debris on the seafloor of shallow coastal areas in Greece (eastern Mediterranean)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 325-337

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Katsarou, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Litter; Marine debris; Mediterranean Sea; Plastic; Pollution; Seabed; Visual census

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; FISHERIES; PLASTICS;

GREECE; LITTER; MARINE DEBRIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEABED; VISUAL CENSUS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PLASTIC;

COASTAL ZONE; LITTER; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAFLOOR;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENSITY; FISHING; GREECE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23944502482     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000049183.17150.df     Document Type: Article

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