Microplastic pollution in st. lawrence river sediments

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1767-1771

  Castañeda, Rowshyra A ^a   Avlijas, Suncica ^a   Anouk Simard, M ^b   Ricciardi, Anthony ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PLASTIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 84909946935     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2014-0281     Document Type: Article

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