Plastic marine debris on the Portuguese coastline: a matter of size?

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Publication date

  2011-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.028PMID 22019196
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