Towards the suitable monitoring of ingestion of microplastics by marine biota: A review

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue , 2016, Pages 1200-1208

  Wesch, Charlotte ^a   Bredimus, Katja ^a   Paulus, Martin ^a   Klein, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indicator species; Microplastics; Monitoring; Sampling; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; SAMPLING; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; CURRENT MONITORING; INDICATOR SPECIES; LABORATORY STUDIES; MICROPLASTICS; MONITORING PROCESS; MONITORING PROGRAMME; RESEARCH PRIORITIES;

MONITORING;

PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOTA; DETECTION METHOD; GUILD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC; PREDATOR; RESEARCH WORK; SCAVENGER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILTER; INGESTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDATOR; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; STANDARDIZATION; SUSPENSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84991666800     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.08.076     Document Type: Review

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