Plastics buried in the inter-tidal plain of a tropical estuarine ecosystem

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 64, 2011, Pages 339-343

  Costa, M F ^a   Silva Cavalcanti, J S ^a,b   Barbosa, C C ^a   Portugal, J L ^a   Barletta, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estuarine conservation; Marine debris; Plastic fragments

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AGGRADATION; BENTHOS; CHANNEL FLOW; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL ZONE; DREDGING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FRAGMENTATION; HARBOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPOIL HEAP; SWAMP FOREST; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL FLAT; TROPICAL REGION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84856017746     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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