Plastic microfibre ingestion by deep-sea organisms

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Taylor, M L ^a   Gwinnett, C ^b   Robinson, L F ^c   Woodall, L C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989311605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33997     Document Type: Article

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