The effect of particle properties on the depth profile of buoyant plastics in the ocean

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kooi, Merel ^a,b   Reisser, Julia ^a   Slat, Boyan ^a   Ferrari, Francesco F ^a   Schmid, Moritz S ^a,c   Cunsolo, Serena ^a   Brambini, Roberto ^a,d   Noble, Kimberly ^a,e   Sirks, Lys Anne ^a   Linders, Theo E W ^f   Schoeneich Argent, Rosanna I ^a,g   Koelmans, Albert A ^b  

^a The Ocean Cleanup Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CABI   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84990990367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33882     Document Type: Article

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