Characterization of small plastic debris on tourism beaches around the South China Sea

Regional Studies in Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-62

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

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beaches; Polymer composition; Raman spectroscopy; Small plastic debris; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929150649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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