Microplastics profile along the Rhine River

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mani, Thomas ^a   Hauk, Armin ^b   Walter, Ulrich ^b   Burkhardt Holm, Patricia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Intertek Expert Services   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; ATTENTION; CONSUMER; HUMAN; PROTOZOON; RIVER; SEA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WHALE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; WASTE;

PLASTIC; WASTE;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84949483439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17988     Document Type: Article

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