Marine microplastics

Curr Biol. 2017 Jun 5;27(11):R445-R446. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.043.

Authors

Tamara Galloway¹, Ceri Lewis²

Affiliations

¹ College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK. Electronic address: t.s.galloway@exeter.ac.uk.
² College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.

PMID: 28586673
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.043

Abstract

Galloway and Lewis discuss marine microplastics and their devastating effects on ocean ecosystems.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Ecosystem
Environmental Monitoring / methods*
Oceans and Seas
Plastics / analysis*
Plastics / chemistry
Plastics / toxicity*
Seawater / chemistry*
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical / toxicity*

Substances

Plastics
Water Pollutants, Chemical