Microplastics in lakes and rivers: an issue of emerging significance to limnology
Microplastics in lakes and rivers: an issue of emerging significance to limnology
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1840 Woodward Drive, Suite 1, Ottawa, ON K2C 0P7: Canadian Science Publishing
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1840 Woodward Drive, Suite 1, Ottawa, ON K2C 0P7: Canadian Science Publishing
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Microplastics, i.e., plastic particles in the size range of planktonic organisms, have been found in the water columns and sediments of lakes and rivers globally. The number and mass of plastic particles drifting through a river can exceed those of living organisms such as zooplankton and fish larvae. In freshwater sediments, concentrations of micr...
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Microplastics in lakes and rivers: an issue of emerging significance to limnology
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TN_cdi_gale_infotracgeneralonefile_A705798518
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotracgeneralonefile_A705798518
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1181-8700
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1208-6053
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10.1139/er-2021-0048
