Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cole, Matthew ^a,b   Webb, Hannah ^c   Lindeque, Pennie K ^a   Fileman, Elaine S ^a   Halsband, Claudia ^d   Galloway, Tamara S ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84897455694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04528     Document Type: Article

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