Characteristics, seasonal distribution and surface degradation features of microplastic pellets along the Goa coast, India

Chemosphere

Volumn 159, Issue , 2016, Pages 496-505

  Veerasingam, S ^a   Saha, Mahua ^a   Suneel, V ^a   Vethamony, P ^a   Rodrigues, Andrea Carmelita ^a   Bhattacharyya, Sourav ^a   Naik, B G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal pollution; Microplastic pellets; Photo oxidation; Surface circulation; Weathering processes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BEACHES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE POLLUTION; PELLETIZING; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYPROPYLENES; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; COASTAL POLLUTION; FTIR-ATR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE CIRCULATION; SURFACE DEGRADATION; WEATHERING PROCESS;

MICROPLASTIC;

FRESH WATER; MICROPLASTIC PELLET; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BEACH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NATIONAL PLANNING; PHOTOOXIDATION; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR; DEGRADATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDIA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; NONHUMAN; OCEAN CURRENT; PHOTOOXIDATION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEATHERING; WIND; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEASON; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT; WEATHER;

GOA; INDIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PLASTICS; SEASONS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84975759902     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.056     Document Type: Article

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