Microplastic concentrations in beach sediments along the German Baltic coast

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 216-229

  Stolte, Andrea ^a   Forster, Stefan ^a   Gerdts, Gunnar ^b   Schubert, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; German Baltic coast; Marine debris; Microplastics; Seasonal variation; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; SILICATE MINERALS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY SEPARATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MARINE DEBRIS; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES; MICROPLASTICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SURFACE TENSION;

SEDIMENTS;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PLASTIC WASTE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; DRY WEIGHT; EXTRACTION; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GRAIN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE SEPARATION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOURISM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; NORTH SEA; PROCEDURES; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

BALTIC COAST [GERMANY]; GERMANY; JADE BAY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA COAST [GERMANY];

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; PLASTICS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84944275047     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.022     Document Type: Article

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