Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 562-568

  Zhao, Shiye ^a   Zhu, Lixin ^a   Wang, Teng ^a   Li, Daoji ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Marine debris; Suspended microplastic; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FISHERIES;

EAST CHINA SEA; MARINE DEBRIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLASTIC PARTICLE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SHAPE AND SIZE; SUSPENDED MICROPLASTIC; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

SURFACE WATERS;

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

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST CHINA SEA; ESTUARY; FLOTATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEA; STEREOMICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922641912     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.032     Document Type: Article

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