Plastic Debris in 29 Great Lakes Tributaries: Relations to Watershed Attributes and Hydrology

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 10377-10385

  Baldwin, Austin K ^a   Corsi, Steven R ^a   Mason, Sherri A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; EFFLUENTS; LAND USE; PELLETIZING; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATERSHEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; PLASTIC PARTICLE; POPULATION DENSITIES; SURFACE SAMPLE; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

LAKES;

PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; PLASTIC WASTE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FOAM; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NEUSTON; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84990053592     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02917     Document Type: Article

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