Exceptionally high abundances of microplastics in the oligotrophic Israeli Mediterranean coastal waters

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 151-155

  van der Hal, Noam ^a   Ariel, Asaf ^b   Angel, Dror L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Marine Research Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MARINE POLLUTION;

COASTAL WATERS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL WATERS; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES; MICROPLASTICS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PLASTIC PARTICLE;

SURFACE WATERS;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATER; MARINE POLLUTION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC WASTE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISRAELI; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISRAEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [ISRAEL];

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85008466125     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.12.052     Document Type: Article

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