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Plastic pollution in five urban estuaries of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Metadata
- Authors
- Naidoo, T., Glassom, D., & Smit, A. J.
- Venue
- Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-12
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 473-480
- ISSN
- 0025-326X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2186407622
- Cited by
- 286
- References
- 61
- FWCI
- 7.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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