Ups and Downs in the Ocean: Effects of Biofouling on Vertical Transport of Microplastics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 7963-7971

  Kooi, Merel ^a   Van Nes, Egbert H ^a   Scheffer, Marten ^a   Koelmans, Albert A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING;

INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES; PLASTIC PARTICLE; RISKS OF EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODELING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

PLASTIC; WATER;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEA SURFACE; SEAFLOOR; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CELL VOLUME; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SALINITY; SEA; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; WIND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOFOULING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85025705420     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04702     Document Type: Article

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