Microplastics in the Terrestrial Ecosystem: Implications for Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae).

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Environmental Science and Technology

• Publication date

  2016-02-08

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1021/acs.est.5b05478PMID 26852875
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