Microplastic fragments and microbeads in digestive tracts of planktivorous fish from urban coastal waters

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Tanaka, Kosuke ^a   Takada, Hideshige ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 84989913852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep34351     Document Type: Article

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