Sources and sinks of plastic debris in estuaries: A conceptual model integrating biological, physical and chemical distribution mechanisms

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 7-16

  Vermeiren, Peter ^a,b   Muñoz, Cynthia C ^b   Ikejima, Kou ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Freelance Scientist   (Switzerland)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Estuary; Landscape scale; Management; Plastic debris; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ELASTOMERS; ESTUARIES; MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DEPOSITION CYCLES; LANDSCAPE SCALE; LOCAL SCALE PROCESS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; PLASTIC DEGRADATION;

PLASTICS;

FRESH WATER; PLASTIC; SALT WATER; SURFACE WATER; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARY; FLOCCULATION; FOOD WEB; HUMAN; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION SIZE; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WIND; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WIND;

EID: 84992187780     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.10.002     Document Type: Review

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