Plastic in surface waters of the Inside Passage and beaches of the Salish Sea in Washington State

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 169-177

  Davis, Wallace ^a   Murphy, Anne G ^b  

^a Leviton Manufacturing   (United States)

^b Port Townsend Marine Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Inside Passage; Microplastic; Salish Sea; Sandy beaches; Surface water

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEBRIS; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; INSIDE PASSAGE; MICROPLASTIC; SALISH SEA; SANDY BEACH;

SURFACE WATERS;

PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; SURFACE WATER; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BEACH; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; SURFACE WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ALASKA; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SEA; WASHINGTON; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALISH SEA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ALASKA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; WASHINGTON; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84953743991     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.06.019     Document Type: Article

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