An evaluation of surface micro- and mesoplastic pollution in pelagic ecosystems of the Western Mediterranean Sea

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 12190-12197

  Faure, Florian ^a,b   Saini, Camille ^a   Potter, Gaël ^a   Galgani, François ^c   de Alencastro, Luiz Felippe ^b   Hagmann, Pascal ^a  

^a Oceaneye Association   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Marine pollution; Mediterranean Sea; Microplastic pollution; Neustonic plastic; Plastic debris; Surface net tow

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORRECTION; FILM; MIXING; ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; PLASTIC; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

PLASTIC; WASTE;

ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE; WATER POLLUTION;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANKTON; PLASTICS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84937971892     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4453-3     Document Type: Article

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