A baseline assessment of beach macrolitter and microplastics along northeastern Atlantic shores

Marine litter is widely dispersed throughout coastal environments. Assessing the distribution and accumulation of such contaminants is crucial to understand their environmental impacts. This study presents a baseline for the monitoring of litter and microplastics in intertidal sediments along the At...

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Main Author: Velez, Nadja (author)
Other Authors: Zardi, Gerardo, I (author), Lo Savio, Roberto (author), McQuaid, Christopher D. (author), Valbusa, Ugo (author), Sabour, Brahim (author), Nicastro, Katy (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Plastic marine debris
Litter
Identification
Accumulation
Ingestion
Sediments
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14158
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/14158

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14158

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