Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 383-395

  Ballent, Anika ^a   Corcoran, Patricia L ^a   Madden, Odile ^b   Helm, Paul A ^c   Longstaffe, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MUSEUM CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Ontario; Microplastics; Nearshore; Raman spectroscopy; Sediments; Watershed

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; ONTARIO; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTANT;

BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; ONTARIO; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84991018075     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.037     Document Type: Article

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