A first survey on the abundance of plastics fragments and particles on two sandy beaches in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Noik, V James ^a   Tuah, P Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEBRIS; ELASTOMERS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FINGERPRINTING ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL FEATURES; PLASTIC POLYMERS; POTENTIAL THREATS; SAMPLING STATIONS; SURFACE FATIGUES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84926442191     PISSN: 17578981     EISSN: 1757899X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/78/1/012035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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