Microplastics in the marine environment: a review of the methods used for identification and quantification.
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Summary
This review of 68 studies compares the methodologies used for the identification and quantification of microplastics from the marine environment and suggests standardized sampling procedures which allow the spatiotemporal comparison ofmicroplastic abundance across marine environments.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2012-03-02
- Cited by
- 4,601
- References
- 126
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Keywords
Microplastics, Environmental science, Sieve (category theory), Sampling (signal processing), Seawater
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