Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in river shore sediments of the rhine-main area in Germany

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 6070-6076

  Klein, Sascha ^a,b   Worch, Eckhard ^b   Knepper, Thomas P ^a  

^a FRESENIUS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES; PLASTIC PARTICLE; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; VARYING POPULATION SIZE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHORE (NONMARINE); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

GERMANY; RHINE RIVER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84929645915     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00492     Document Type: Article

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