Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

2011/10/17 by Matthew Cole, Pennie Lindeque, Claudia Halsband +1 · 11 citations
Environmental Science · #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

paper · doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.025

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• Deposit- and suspension-feeding sea cucumbers (Echinodermata) ingest plastic fragments
• Monitoring the abundance of plastic debris in the marine environment

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