Distribution and degradation of fresh water plastic particles along the beaches of Lake Huron, Canada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 365-372

  Zbyszewski, MacIej ^a   Corcoran, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fresh water beaches; FTIR; Lake Huron; Plastic pellets; Plastics pollution; SEM

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION PROCESS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; FIELD SURVEYS; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; FRESH WATER BEACHES; FT-IR SPECTRUM; FTIR; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; LAKE CURRENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL ABRASION; MECHANICAL EROSION; MULTIPLE SAMPLING; NATURAL CONDITIONS; OXIDATION PEAK; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; PLASTIC PARTICLE; PLASTIC PELLETS; SMALL PARTICLES;

AGRICULTURE; BEACHES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DEBRIS; ELASTOMERS; FOOD SUPPLY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PELLETIZING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL MECHANICS; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER; WEATHERING;

WATER TREATMENT;

PLASTIC; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE;

BEACH; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEGRADATION; FIELD SURVEY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LITTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASTIC; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASHORE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON;

EID: 80052282036     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0760-6     Document Type: Article

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