Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments
Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments
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Ottawa, ON: NRC Research Press
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English
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Ottawa, ON: NRC Research Press
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Although widely detected in marine ecosystems, microplastic pollution has only recently been documented in freshwater environments, almost exclusively in surface waters. Here, we report microplastics (polyethylene microbeads, 0.40–2.16 mm diameter) in the sediments of the St. Lawrence River. We sampled 10 freshwater sites along a 320 km section fro...
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Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments
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TN_cdi_gale_infotraccpiq_393990168
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotraccpiq_393990168
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0706-652X
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1205-7533
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10.1139/cjfas-2014-0281
