Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-81

  Enders, Kristina ^a   Lenz, Robin ^a   Stedmon, Colin A ^a   Nielsen, Torkel G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continuous monitoring; Horizontal distribution; Model; Size selective vertical distribution; Small microplastic

Indexed keywords

MICROPLASTIC; MODELS;

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; FILTRATION TECHNIQUES; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; NORTH ATLANTIC SUBTROPICAL GYRES; OCEAN SURFACES; POLYMER COMPOSITION; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

MICROPLASTIC; NANOPARTICLE; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASTE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GYRE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMER; SEA SURFACE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEA POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84951141209     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.027     Document Type: Article

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