Impacts of discarded plastic bags on marine assemblages and ecosystem functioning

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5380-5389

  Green, Dannielle Senga ^a,b   Boots, Bas ^c   Blockley, David James ^d   Rocha, Carlos ^a   Thompson, Richard ^e  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d SOUTH ATLANTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; PLASTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; PLASTIC BAG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHYLL; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIRD; DURABILITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; PACKAGING; SEDIMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; IRELAND; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASTE;

EUROPE;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRELAND; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASTICS; POROSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84928910971     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00277     Document Type: Article

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