Relative importance of microplastics as a pathway for the transfer of hydrophobic organic chemicals to marine life

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 219, Issue , 2016, Pages 56-65

  Bakir, Adil ^a,b   O'Connor, Isabel A ^c   Rowland, Steven J ^a   Hendriks, A Jan ^c   Thompson, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Microsized plastics; Model; OMEGA; POPs; Transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SEAWATER; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OMEGA; ONE COMPARTMENT MODELS; POPS; TRANSFER;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; MICROPLASTIC; PHENANTHRENE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FISH; HYDROPHOBICITY; INGESTION; INTESTINE; MODEL; PH; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ADSORPTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIRD; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

INVERTEBRATA;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIRDS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84989873228     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.046     Document Type: Article

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