Microplastics in the Solent estuarine complex, UK: An initial assessment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 243-249

  Gallagher, Anthony ^a   Rees, Aldous ^a   Rowe, Rob ^b   Stevens, John ^b   Wright, Paul ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estuarine complex; Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT IR); Microplastics; Plankton trawls

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; ESTUARIES; FISHERIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLANKTON; PLASTICS PLANTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ESTUARINE COMPLEX; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MICROPLASTICS; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

PLASTICS INDUSTRY;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLASTIC WASTE; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; METABOLISM; PLANKTON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENGLAND; SOLENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; PLANKTON; PLASTICS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84961209854     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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