Plastic marine debris on the Portuguese coastline: A matter of size?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2649-2653

  Martins, J ^a   Sobral, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beaches; Plastic marine debris; Plastic size; Sampling

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PROCESS; MARINE DEBRIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROPLASTICS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; PORTUGAL; RESIDENCE TIME; SIZE CLASS; SURFACE EXPOSURE;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BEACHES; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SAMPLING;

DEBRIS;

PLASTIC;

ADSORPTION; BEACH; COASTAL ZONE; DEGRADATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC WASTE; SAMPLING; SIZE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; TOXIC WASTE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; PORTUGAL; SEAWATER; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 81855217528     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.028     Document Type: Article

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