Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

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Language

English
DOI (url)

10.1098/rstb.2008.0205
Publication Date

2009/07/27
Journal

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
Indian UGC (Journal)
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96
Citations

3,525
David K. A. Barnes British Antarctic Survey, NERC, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET, UK
Francois Galgani IFREMER, Laboratoire Environnement Ressources, Provence Azur Corse (LER/PAC), Ifremer Centre de Méditerranée, ZP de Bregaillon, BP no. 330, 83507 La Seyne sur Mer, France
Richard C. Thompson Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
Morton Barlaz Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, PO Box 7908, Raleigh, NC 27695-7908, USA

Abstract

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Barnes, David K. A., et al. “Accumulation and Fragmentation of Plastic Debris in Global Environments”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, vol. 364, no. 1526, 2009, pp. 1985-98, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0205.

Barnes, D. K. A., Galgani, F., Thompson, R. C., & Barlaz, M. (2009). Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 364(1526), 1985-1998. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0205

Barnes DKA, Galgani F, Thompson RC, Barlaz M. Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 2009;364(1526):1985-98.

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