Effectiveness of a methodology of microplastics isolation for environmental monitoring in freshwater systems

Abstract The accumulation of plastics in aquatic systems constitutes an emerging scientific and societal concern, because of their ubiquity, high persistence and insufficient management by sewage and wastewater treatment processes. Microplastics (

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  2018

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  Ecological Indicators

• Publication date

  2018-06-01

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  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2018.02.038
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