Erratum: Plastic litter accumulation on high-water strandline of urban beaches in Mumbai, India (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment DOI:10.1007/s10661-013-3129-z);Plastic litter accumulation on high-water strandline of urban beaches in Mumbai, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 7709-7719

  Jayasiri, H B ^a   Purushothaman, C S ^a   Vennila, A ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

Abundance; Beaches; Mumbai; Plastics; Recreation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELASTOMERS; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ABUNDANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LITTER ACCUMULATION; MANAGEMENT OF WASTES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUMBAI; PLASTIC CONTAMINATION; RECREATION;

BEACHES;

PLASTIC;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRANDLINE; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC LITTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; RELIGION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID WASTE; TOURISM; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 84881191083     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3187-2     Document Type: Erratum

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