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The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean

Morét-Ferguson, Skye, Law, Kara Lavender, Proskurowski, Giora, Murphy, Ellen K., Peacock, Emily E., Reddy, Christopher M.·2010·Marine Pollution Bulletin
DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.020
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Authors
Morét-Ferguson, S., Law, K. L., Proskurowski, G., Murphy, E. K., Peacock, E. E., & Reddy, C. M.
Venue
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-10
Volume
60
Issue
10
Pages
1873-1878
ISSN
0025-326X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.020
OpenAlex
W2084435057
Cited by
707
References
4
FWCI
14.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Funders
the National Science Foundation (OCE-0842727)

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Morét-Ferguson, S., Law, K. L., Proskurowski, G., Murphy, E. K., Peacock, E. E., & Reddy, C. M. (2010). The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.020

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