Microplastics in beaches of the East Frisian Islands Spiekeroog and Kachelotplate

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 213-217

  Liebezeit, Gerd ^a   Dubaish, Fatehi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beach sediment; Marine debris; Microplastics; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BEACH SEDIMENTS; BLUE MUSSELS; HIGH WATER; MARINE DEBRIS; MICROPLASTICS; POLYSTYRENE PELLETS; TIDAL FLAT; WADDEN SEA;

DEBRIS; GRANULATION; POLYSTYRENES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TIDES; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

BEACHES;

PLASTIC; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84864587467     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0642-7     Document Type: Article

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