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Occurrence of Microplastic Pollution at Oyster Reefs and Other Coastal Sites in the Mississippi Sound, USA: Impacts of Freshwater Inflows from Flooding
Much of the seafood that humans consume comes from estuaries and coastal areas where microplastics (MPs) accumulate, due in part to continual input and degradation of plastic litter from rivers and runoff. As filter feeders, oysters (Crassostrea virginica) are especially vulnerable to MP pollution....
Autores principales: | Scircle, Austin, Cizdziel, James V., Tisinger, Louis, Anumol, Tarun, Robey, Darren |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355549/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32429184 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020035 |
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