The plastic in microplastics: A review

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 12-22

  Andrady, Anthony L ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Marine; Microplastics; Plastics; Surface ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ELASTOMERS; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTICS;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; FRAGMENTATION; MARINE; MICROPLASTICS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POTENTIAL THREATS; SURFACE ABLATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRAGMENTATION; MARINE POLLUTION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CRYSTALLINITY; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICS; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SURFACE ABLATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85018913916     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.082     Document Type: Review

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