Accumulation of floating microplastics behind the Three Gorges Dam

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 204, Issue , 2015, Pages 117-123

  Zhang, Kai ^a,d   Gong, Wen ^b   Lv, Jizhong ^c   Xiong, Xiong ^a   Wu, Chenxi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Hubei Public Security Bureau   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Dam; Distribution; Microplastics; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

DAMS; FISHERIES; MICROPLASTIC; POLYPROPYLENES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

ACCUMULATION; DISTRIBUTION; ESTUARINE AREAS; MICROPLASTICS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; THREE GORGES DAM; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

COAL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

COAL; DAM; FLY ASH; PLASTIC; RESERVOIR; TRIBUTARY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOW RATE; FLY ASH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE RIVER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84929091564     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.04.023     Document Type: Article

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