Microplastic fibers in the intertidal ecosystem surrounding Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-79

  Mathalon, Alysse ^a   Hill, Paul ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Halifax; Intertidal; Microplastics; Mytilus edulis; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BEACHES; MOLLUSCS; SEDIMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BLUE MUSSELS; HALIFAX; HALIFAX HARBOR; INTERTIDAL; INTERTIDAL ZONES; MICROPLASTICS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NOVA SCOTIA;

MICROPLASTIC;

ABUNDANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; PLASTIC; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MICROPLASTIC FIBER; MYTILUS EDULIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SOLID WASTE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILD ANIMAL;

CANADA; HALIFAX HARBOR; NOVA SCOTIA;

MYTILUS EDULIS; POLYCHAETA;

AQUACULTURE; HALIFAX; INTERTIDAL; MICROPLASTICS; MYTILUS EDULIS; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NOVA SCOTIA; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84897571880     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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