Microplastic pollution identified in deep-sea water and ingested by benthic invertebrates in the Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean

2017/08/11 by Winnie Courtene‐Jones, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Brian Quinn +4 · 430 citations
Engineering · Environmental Science · #Benthic zone #Benthos #Biology #Deep sea #Deep water #Ecology #Ecosystem #Environmental science #Geography #Geology #Invertebrate #Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry #Marine ecosystem #Microplastics #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Oceanography #Plastic pollution #Pollution #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques #Seawater #Sink (geography) #Surface water

paper · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.026

published in Environmental Pollution 231(Pt 1), 271-280 (Elsevier BV)

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