Microplastics in Taihu Lake, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 216, Issue , 2016, Pages 711-719

  Su, Lei ^a   Xue, Yingang ^b   Li, Lingyun ^a   Yang, Dongqi ^a   Kolandhasamy, Prabhu ^a   Li, Daoji ^a   Shi, Huahong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Changzhou Environmental Monitoring Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Asian clam; Biomonitoring; Freshwater; Microplastic

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCS; PLANKTON; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SHELLFISH; WATER;

ASIAN CLAM; BIOMONITORING; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; MICROPLASTIC; TAIHU LAKE , CHINA;

LAKES;

CELLOPHANE; CHLOROPHYLL A; MICROPLASTIC; PHOSPHORUS; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; PLASTIC WASTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84987670673     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.036     Document Type: Article

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