Tracking plastics in the Mediterranean: 2D Lagrangian model.

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  2018

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  Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Publication date

  2018-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.019PMID 29680533
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