Plastics and microplastics in the oceans: From emerging pollutants to emerged threat

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2017, Pages 2-11

  Avio, Carlo Giacomo ^a   Gorbi, Stefania ^a   Regoli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Distribution; Ecotoxicological effects; Marine organisms; Microplastics; Plastic

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; DEBRIS; ELASTOMERS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROPLASTIC; NUTRITION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCUMULATION; DISTRIBUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; MARINE ORGANISMS; MICROPLASTICS;

PLASTICS INDUSTRY;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEA WATER; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE POLLUTION; PATHOGEN; PLASTIC; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL HAZARD; DEGRADATION; HAZARD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; RISK; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; THREAT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84973879760     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.05.012     Document Type: Article

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