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Microplastics in the marine environment

✍ Scribed by Anthony L. Andrady

Book ID: 113779406
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 728 KB
Volume: 62
Category: Article
ISSN: 0025-326X
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.030

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