Preliminary study on marine debris pollution along Marina beach, Chennai, India

Regional Studies in Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-40

  Kumar, A Arun ^a   Sivakumar, R ^b   Reddy, Y Sai Rutwik ^b   Bhagya Raja, M V ^b   Nishanth, T ^b   Revanth, V ^b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chennai; Debris; Litter; Marina; Plastic; Pollution; Source

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955473665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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