The complex mixture, fate and toxicity of chemicals associated with plastic debris in the marine environment

Marine Anthropogenic Litter

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 117-140

  Rochman, Chelsea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocktail of contaminants; Entanglement; Metals; Monomers and additives; Persistent organic pollutants; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944070221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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