Beyond the ocean: Contamination of freshwater ecosystems with (micro-)plastic particles

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 539-550

  Dris, Rachid ^a   Imhof, Hannes ^b   Sanchez, Wilfried ^c   Gasperi, Johnny ^a   Galgani, François ^d   Tassin, Bruno ^a   Laforsch, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c Rovaltain Scientific Foundation for Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

emerging contaminants; freshwater ecosystems; lakes; plastic debris; plastic separation; polymer identification; rivers; sediment; urban water.

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMER; RIVER BANK; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED LOAD;

EID: 84942568706     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN14172     Document Type: Article

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