Microplastics generation: Onset of fragmentation of polyethylene films in marine environment mesocosms

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2017, Pages

  Kalogerakis, Nicolas ^a   Karkanorachaki, Katerina ^a   Kalogerakis, G Calypso ^a   Triantafyllidi, Elisavet I ^a   Gotsis, Alexandros D ^a   Partsinevelos, Panagiotis ^a   Fava, Fabio ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; HDPE; Microplastics; Plastics; Polyethylene; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018360322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00084     Document Type: Article

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