Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea: Deposition in coastal shallow sediments, spatial variation and preferential grain size

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 115, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Alomar, Carme ^a   Estarellas, Fernando ^a   Deudero, Salud ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic gradient; Balearic islands; Contamination; Marine litter; MPAs; Sieve fractions

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MARINE POLLUTION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MARINE LITTER; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION; MPAS; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SIEVE FRACTIONS; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES;

SEDIMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; LITTER; PLASTIC; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GRAIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEDIMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84959511047     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.01.005     Document Type: Article

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