A novel, highly efficient method for the separation and quantification of plastic particles in sediments of aquatic environments

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 10, Issue JULY, 2012, Pages 524-537

  Imhof, Hannes K ^a   Schmid, Johannes ^b   Niessner, Reinhard ^b   Ivleva, Natalia P ^b   Laforsch, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84864804874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.524     Document Type: Article

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