Description of the small plastics fragments in marine sediments along the Alang-Sosiya ship-breaking yard, India

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 656-660

  Reddy, M Srinivasa ^a   Shaik Basha, ^a   Adimurthy, S ^a   Ramachandraiah, G ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

accumulation; Alang Sosiya; FT IR; intertidal sediments; microscopic fragmentation; SEM; ship breaking yard; small plastics

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLASTIC WASTE; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHIP HANDLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33744992692     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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