The effects of plastic pollution on aquatic wildlife: Current situations and future solutions

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Sigler, Michelle ^a,b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Marine pollution; Microplastics; Ocean gyres; Plastics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ELASTOMERS; LAKES; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLASTICS; POLLUTION;

CURRENT SITUATION; CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY; GREAT LAKES; MICROPLASTICS; OCEAN GYRES; PLASTIC MATERIALS; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; RECENT RESEARCHES;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

PLASTIC;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; GYRE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CETACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RECYCLING; SEA TURTLE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84913580285     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2184-6     Document Type: Article

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