Understanding the Fragmentation Pattern of Marine Plastic Debris

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 5668-5675

  Ter Halle, Alexandra ^a   Ladirat, Lucie ^a   Gendre, Xavier ^b   Goudouneche, Dominique ^c   Pusineri, Claire ^d   Routaboul, Corinne ^c   Tenailleau, Christophe ^e   Duployer, Benjamin ^e   Perez, Emile ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d Ocean Science and Logistic   (France)

^e INSTITUT CARNOT CIRIMAT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; GLOBAL ESTIMATION; INFRARED MICROSCOPY; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS;

DEBRIS;

BIOFILM; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLASTIC WASTE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BEHAVIOR; BIOFILM; EXPOSURE; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSEHOLD; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

PLASTIC; WASTE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84973598036     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00594     Document Type: Article

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