Characterisation of microplastics and toxic chemicals extracted from microplastic samples from the North Pacific Gyre

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 611-617

  Rios Mendoza, Lorena M ^a   Jones, Patrick R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

marine debris; PAHs; PCBs; persistent organic pollutants; plastic debris; polychlorinated biphenyls; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; POPs; synthetic polymers.

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHYLENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PAH; PCB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; SEAWATER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84942577122     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN14236     Document Type: Article

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