Microplastic litter composition of the Turkish territorial waters of the Mediterranean Sea, and its occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract of fish

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue , 2017, Pages 286-294

  Güven, Olgaç ^a   Gökdağ, Kerem ^a   Jovanović, Boris ^b   Kıdeyş, Ahmet Erkan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fish; Marine litter; Microplastic; Nanoparticles; Plastic; Pollution

Indexed keywords

FISH; LOCATION; MARINE POLLUTION; NANOPARTICLES; PLASTICS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS;

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES; SAMPLING LOCATION; TERRITORIAL WATERS;

MICROPLASTIC;

NYLON; PLASTIC; RUBBER; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; DEMERSAL FISH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; LITTER; MARINE POLLUTION; NANOPARTICLE; PELAGIC FISH; PLASTIC WASTE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PELAGIC FISH; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; STOMACH; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STOMACH JUICE; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN COAST [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85009887653     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.025     Document Type: Article

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