Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 206, Issue , 2015, Pages 597-604

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

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Estuary; Microplastic; Pollution; Raman spectroscopy; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; HURRICANES; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; POLYPROPYLENES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STORMS;

CONTAMINATION LEVELS; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; MANAGERIAL ACTIONS; MICROPLASTIC; MICROPLASTICS; SUBSURFACE WATERS; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBAN ESTUARY;

ESTUARIES;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; HURRICANE; PARTICLE SIZE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; FUJIAN; JIAOJIANG ESTUARY; MINJIANG ESTUARY; OUJIANG ESTUARY; ZHEJIANG;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; PLASTICS; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84941276464     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.08.027     Document Type: Article

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