Amount and distribution of neustonic micro-plastic off the western Sardinian coast (Central-Western Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-16

  de Lucia, Giuseppe Andrea ^a   Caliani, Ilaria ^b   Marra, Stefano ^a   Camedda, Andrea ^a,c   Coppa, Stefania ^a   Alcaro, Luigi ^d   Campani, Tommaso ^b   Giannetti, Matteo ^b   Coppola, Daniele ^b   Cicero, Anna Maria ^d   Panti, Cristina ^b   Baini, Matteo ^b   Guerranti, Cristiana ^b   Marsili, Letizia ^b   Massaro, Giorgio ^e   Fossi, Maria Cristina ^b   Matiddi, Marco ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^e Penisola del Sinis Isola di Mal di Ventre MPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Marine litter; Marine Strategy; Micro plastics; Phthalates; Pollution monitoring; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTERS; FISHERIES; MARINE POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAWATER;

MARINE LITTER; MARINE STRATEGY; MICRO PLASTICS; PHTHALATES; POLLUTION MONITORING; SARDINIA;

MICROPLASTIC;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PHTHALATE; PLASTIC; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAWLING;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NEUSTON; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SARDINIA;

MANTA;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906938682     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.03.017     Document Type: Article

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