Microplastics in tourist beaches of Huatulco Bay, Pacific coast of southern Mexico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 530-535

  Retama, I ^a   Jonathan, M P ^a   Shruti, V C ^a   Velumani, S ^b   Sarkar, S K ^c   Roy, Priyadarsi D ^d   Rodriguez Espinosa P F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beach sediment; Huatulco Bay; Mexico; Microplastics; Scanning electron microscope; Tourist

Indexed keywords

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS;

BEACH SEDIMENTS; HUATULCO BAY; ME-XICO; MICROPLASTICS; TOURIST;

BEACHES;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLLUTANT;

BEACH; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EFFLUENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BAY; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUATULCO BAY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MEXICO; PARTICLE SIZE; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; TOURISM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; SWIMMING;

HUATULCO BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

BATHING BEACHES; BAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MEXICO; PLASTICS;

EID: 84994805853     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.08.053     Document Type: Article

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