Ingestion of Microplastics by Zooplankton in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 320-330

  Desforges, Jean Pierre W ^a   Galbraith, Moira ^b   Ross, Peter S ^a  

^a VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOTA; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COPEPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; WATER POLLUTANT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COPEPODA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 85027944554     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-015-0172-5     Document Type: Article

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