Plastics and microplastics on recreational beaches in Punta del Este (Uruguay): Unseen critical residents?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue , 2016, Pages 931-941

  Lozoya, J P ^a   Teixeira de Mello, F ^b   Carrizo, D ^c   Weinstein, F ^d   Olivera, Y ^d   Cedres F ^d   Pereira, M ^d   Fossati, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Departamento de Ecología Teórica y Aplicada CURE   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^d Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Beach management; Microplastics; Plastics; POPs; Punta del Este; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DECISION MAKING; ELASTOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PELLETIZING; PLASTICS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESINS;

BEACH MANAGEMENTS; MICROPLASTICS; POPS; PUNTA DEL ESTE; URUGUAY;

BEACHES;

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; CYCLOPENTA[CD]PYRENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MICROPLASTIC; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; PLASTIC; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASTE;

BEACH; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SPRING; SUMMER; URUGUAY; ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HUMAN; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWIMMING; WASTE;

MALDONADO [URUGUAY]; PUNTA DEL ESTE; URUGUAY;

BATHING BEACHES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HUMANS; PLASTICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; URUGUAY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84991768907     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.08.041     Document Type: Article

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