A critical overview of the analytical approaches to the occurrence, the fate and the behavior of microplastics in the environment

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-53

  Rocha Santos, Teresa ^a,b   Duarte, Armando C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Debris; Detection; Environment; Marine environment; Microplastic; Plastic; Sampling; Seawater; Sediment; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEBRIS; DISPOSABILITY; ELASTOMERS; ERROR DETECTION; PLASTICS; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL RESEARCHES; SAMPLE HANDLING;

MICROPLASTIC;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84920130214     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.10.011     Document Type: Review

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