Microplastic resin pellets on an urban tropical beach in Colombia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Acosta Coley, Isabel ^a   Olivero Verbel, Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Degradation; Infrared spectroscopy; Photo oxidation; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Surface oxidation

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEGRADATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES;

CURRENT SITUATION; GLAZED SURFACES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; SAMPLE COMPOSITION; STEREOMICROSCOPY; SURFACE FEATURE; SURFACE OXIDATIONS;

PELLETIZING;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEACH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE POLLUTION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PLASTIC WASTE; RESIN; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; STEREOMICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; SEA; SWIMMING;

BOLIVAR [COLOMBIA]; CARIBBEAN COAST [COLOMBIA]; CARTAGENA BAY; COLOMBIA;

BATHING BEACHES; CARIBBEAN REGION; CITIES; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; RESINS, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 84935896071     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4602-7     Document Type: Article

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