Plastic and other microfibers in sediments, macroinvertebrates and shorebirds from three intertidal wetlands of southern Europe and west Africa.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Environmental Pollution

• Publication date

  2017-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.103PMID 28797901
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