Microplastic pollution in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India: The first report of microplastics in lake and estuarine sediments in India

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 222, Issue , 2017, Pages 315-322

  Sruthy, S ^a   Ramasamy, E V ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Emerging pollutant; Micro Raman spectroscopy; Microplastics; Plastic debris; Vembanad Lake

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS;

EMERGING POLLUTANTS; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MICROPLASTICS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; VEMBANAD LAKES;

LAKES;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISPERSION; ESTUARY; EXTRACTION; INDIA; LAKE SEDIMENT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LAKE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

INDIA; KERALA; VEMBANAD LAKE;

BIVALVIA; PISCES;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; LAKES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; URBANIZATION; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85009461053     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.038     Document Type: Article

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