Applying diversity metrics to plastic litter ‘communities’: a first explorative and comparative analysis

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  2018

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  Rendiconti Lincei SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI

• Publication date

  2018-09-28

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s12210-018-0737-0
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