Ideal width of transects for monitoring source-related categories of plastics on beaches

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 957-961

  de Araújo, Maria Christina B ^a   Santos, Paulo J P ^a   Costa, Monica F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beach contamination; Plastics on beaches; Sampling methods; Solid wastes; Source related categories; Transects

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONTAMINATION; FISHERIES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MARINE POLLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICS; SAMPLING; SOLID WASTES;

FOOD PACKAGING; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SOURCE-RELATED CATEGORIES; TRANSECTS;

BEACHES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BEACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; SOLID WASTE; TRANSECT;

EID: 33748698618     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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