Microplastics in four estuarine rivers in the chesapeake bay, U.S.A.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14195-14202

  Yonkos, Lance T ^a   Friedel, Elizabeth A ^a   Perez Reyes, Ana C ^a   Ghosal, Sutapa ^b   Arthur, Courtney D ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d IM Systems Group   (United States)

^e Industrial Economics Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ELASTOMERS; LAND USE; MICROPLASTIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MICROPLASTICS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POPULATION DENSITIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RAIN EVENTS; STORM EVENTS; WEATHER PHENOMENA;

URBAN GROWTH;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; PLASTIC; RAINFALL; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; FOREST; HURRICANE; LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; WEATHER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

MANTA;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; MARYLAND; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEATHER;

EID: 84918543990     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5036317     Document Type: Article

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