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To what extent are microplastics from the open ocean weathered?

ter Halle, Alexandra, Ladirat, Lucie, Martignac, Marion, Mingotaud, Anne Françoise, Boyron, Olivier, Perez, Emile·2017·Environmental Pollution
DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.051
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Authors
ter Halle, A., Ladirat, L., Martignac, M., Mingotaud, A. F., Boyron, O., & Perez, E.
Venue
Environmental Pollution
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-08
Volume
227
Pages
167-174
ISSN
0269-7491 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.051
OpenAlex
W2607612974
Cited by
456
References
13
FWCI
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Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Funders
Total Corporate Foundation

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