Microplastics in Singapore's coastal mangrove ecosystems

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 278-283

  Mohamed Nor, Nur Hazimah ^a   Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR spectroscopy; Mangrove; Microplastic; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ATR-FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MANGROVE; MICROPLASTIC; SINGAPORE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLASTICS; SINGAPORE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84893863868     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.11.025     Document Type: Article

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