Plastic litter accumulation on high-water strandline of urban beaches in Mumbai, India

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  2013

• Venue

  Environmental Monitoring & Assessment

• Publication date

  2013-02-21

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10661-013-3129-zPMID 23430068
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