Association of metals with plastic production pellets in the marine environment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2050-2055

  Ashton, Karen ^a   Holmes, Luke ^a   Turner, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Metals; Plastic production pellets; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ACID DIGESTION; COMPOSITE PELLETS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS; MAJOR METAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NORMALISATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLASTIC PELLETS; PLASTIC PRODUCTION; PLASTIC PRODUCTION PELLETS; POLYETHYLENE PELLETS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PRECIPITATION; TRACE METAL; ULTRA-SONICATION;

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; SEAWATER; TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PLASTICS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; POLYETHYLENE; SEA WATER; SILVER; TIN; URANIUM; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; BEACH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE METAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRECIPITATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049277573     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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