Gooseneck barnacles (Lepas spp.) ingest microplastic debris in the north Pacific subtropical gyre

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Goldstein, Miriam C ^a,b   Goodwin, Deborah S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Sea Grant   (United States)

^c Sea Education Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Gooseneck barnacles; Ingestion; Lepas anatifera; Lepas pacifica; Marine debris; Microplastic; North pacific subtropical gyre; Plastic pollution

Indexed keywords

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARNACLE; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; INGESTION; LEPAS ANATIFERA; LEPAS PACIFICA; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84888318570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.184     Document Type: Article

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