Flag items as a tool for monitoring solid wastes from users on urban beaches

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 890-898

  Silva, Jacqueline S ^a   Barbosa, Scheyla C T ^a   Costa, Monica F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Flag items; Indicators; Perpendicular profiles; Plastics; Solid waste contamination

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; CARRYING CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN AREA;

BOA VIAGEM BEACH; BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; RECIFE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 51549112938     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0695.1     Document Type: Article

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