Here, there and everywhere. Small plastic fragments and pellets on beaches of Fernando de Noronha (Equatorial Western Atlantic)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1236-1238

  Ivar do Sul, Juliana A ^a   Spengler, Ângela ^a   Costa, Monica F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; NYLON; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; SEA WATER;

BEACH; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BATHING BEACHES; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; FERNANDO DE NORONHA; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67651108773     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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