Plastic litter on an urban beach - A case study in Brazil

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Silva Cavalcanti, Jacqueline Santos ^a   Barbosa de Araújo, Maria Christina ^a   Ferreira da Costa, Monica ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assessment method; Beach; Belt transect; Land based sources: wmr 1105 8; Solid wastes

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEACH; BELT TRANSECT; DRY SEASONS; LAND-BASED SOURCES: WMR 1105-8; LITTER ACCUMULATIONS; RAINY SEASONS; URBAN BEACHES;

DEBRIS; DROUGHT; LANDFORMS; POLYMERS; SOLID WASTES;

BEACHES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEACH; LITTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; URBAN POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BATHING BEACHES; BRAZIL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; RECIFE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60449106353     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X08088705     Document Type: Article

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