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Identification of tidal trapping of microplastics in a temperate salt marsh system using sea surface microlayer sampling

Microplastics are contaminants of increasing global environmental concern. Estuaries are a major transport pathway for land-derived plastics to the open ocean but are relatively understudied compared to coastal and open marine environments. The role of the “estuarine filter”, by which the supply of...

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Autores principales: Stead, Jessica L., Cundy, Andrew B., Hudson, Malcolm D., Thompson, Charlie E. L., Williams, Ian D., Russell, Andrea E., Pabortsava, Katsiaryna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7445233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32839471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70306-5