On the importance of size of plastic fragments and pellets on the strandline: A snapshot of a Brazilian beach

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 299-304

  Costa, Monica F ^a   Ivar Do Sul, Juliana A ^a   Silva Cavalcanti, Jacqueline S ^a   Araújo, Maria Christina B ^a   Spengler, Ângela ^a   Tourinho, Paula S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Marine debris; Microplastics; Monitoring; Nibs; Resin pellets; Risk assessment; Size categories

Indexed keywords

MARINE DEBRIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROPLASTICS; NIBS; PETROCHEMICAL FACILITY; PLASTIC PELLETS; PORT FACILITIES; PROCESSING PLANTS; RESIN PELLETS; SURFACE DENSITY; URBAN BEACHES;

BEACHES; DEBRIS; MARINE POLLUTION; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; RESINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PLASTICS;

PLASTIC; POLLUTANT;

BEACH; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWIMMING;

BATHING BEACHES; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 77955421368     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1113-4     Document Type: Article

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