Plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes: A review

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-19

  Driedger, Alexander G J ^a   Dürr, Hans H ^a   Mitchell, Kristen ^a   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological and economic impacts; Laurentian Great Lakes; Microplastics; Plastic debris; Research gaps; Sources distribution and fate

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DEBRIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELASTOMERS; LAKE POLLUTION; MICROPLASTIC; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; RIVER POLLUTION;

ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; MICROPLASTICS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; RESEARCH GAPS;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FISHING; LAKE POLLUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; LITTER; MANUFACTURING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SHORELINE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84923633466     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.12.020     Document Type: Review

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