Organic micropollutants in marine plastics debris from the open ocean and remote and urban beaches

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1683-1692

  Hirai, Hisashi ^a   Takada, Hideshige ^a   Ogata, Yuko ^a   Yamashita, Rei ^a   Mizukawa, Kaoruko ^a   Saha, Mahua ^a   Kwan, Charita ^b   Moore, Charles ^c   Gray, Holly ^c   Laursen, Duane ^c   Zettler, Erik R ^d   Farrington, John W ^e   Reddy, Christopher M ^e   Peacock, Emily E ^e   Ward, Marc W ^f  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^c Algalita Marine Research Foundation   (United States)

^d Sea Education Association   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f Sea Turtles Forever   (United States)

Author keywords

International pellet watch; Nonylphenol; PAHs; PBDEs; PCBs; Plastic fragment

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL PELLET WATCH; NONYLPHENOL; PAHS; PBDES; PCBS;

BEACHES; DEBRIS; ETHERS; PHENOLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEAWATER; SORPTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; NONYLPHENOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER;

DDT; OPEN OCEAN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PBDE; PCB; PLASTIC WASTE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ORGANIC WASTE; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

BATHING BEACHES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHENOLS; PLASTICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79960389342     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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