Plastic pellets on the beaches of the Northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-470

  Abu Hilal, Ahmad H ^a   Al Najjar, Tariq H ^b  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Marine Science Station   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Controlling factor; Degradation; Distribution; Occurrence; Sources; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954703377     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980903361200     Document Type: Article

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