Microplastic pollution in lakes and lake shoreline sediments - A case study on Lake Bolsena and Lake Chiusi (central Italy)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 213, Issue , 2016, Pages 648-657

  Fischer, Elke Kerstin ^a   Paglialonga, Lisa ^a   Czech, Elisa ^a   Tamminga, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lake Bolsena; Lake Chiusi; Lakeshore sediments; Microplastics; Plastic pollution

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENTS; FISHERIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LAKES; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE;

DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES; FIBER CONCENTRATION; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LAKE CHARACTERISTICS; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES; MICROPLASTICS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

LAKE WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTROPHICATION; FIBER; GRAIN; ITALY; LAKE; MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; TIDE; WATER POLLUTION; WIND; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

MANTA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; LAKES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WIND;

EID: 84964329501     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.03.012     Document Type: Article

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