Microplastic contamination in an urban area: A case study in Greater Paris

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 592-599

  Dris, Rachid ^a   Gasperi, Johnny ^a   Rocher, Vincent ^b   Saad, Mohamed ^a   Renault, Nicolas ^a   Tassin, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b Syndicat Interdépartemental Pour l'Assainissement de l'Agglomération Parisienne Direction du Développement et de la Prospective ^*  (France)

Author keywords

atmospheric fallout; freshwater; rivers; synthetic fibres; urban environment.

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; SEINE RIVER; VILLE DE PARIS;

MANTA;

EID: 84942586465     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN14167     Document Type: Article

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