Importance of plastic at sea
Pollution of oceans by plastics and microplastics
Quizzed article REF: BIO9300 V1
Importance of plastic at sea
Pollution of oceans by plastics and microplastics

Authors : François GALGANI, Stéphane BRUZAUD, Guillaume DUFLOS, Pascale FABRE, Emmanuelle GASTALDI, Jeff GHIGLIONE, Régis GRIMAUD, Matthieu GEORGE, Arnaud HUVET, Fabienne LAGARDE, Ika PAUL-PONT, Alexandra TER HALLE

Publication date: January 10, 2020, Review date: September 2, 2020 | Lire en français

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1. Importance of plastic at sea

1.1 Sources

Plastics and microplastics enter the environment at all stages of the polymer life cycle. At sea, they mainly come from continental inputs which include rivers (figure 1 ), water treatment effluents...

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