The Paleoecology of Microplastic Contamination

While the ubiquity and rising abundance of microplastic contamination is becoming increasingly well-known, there is very little empirical data for the scale of their historical inputs to the environment. For many pollutants, where long-term monitoring is absent, paleoecological approaches (the use o...

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Main Authors: Chiara E. P. Bancone, Simon D. Turner, Juliana A. Ivar do Sul, Neil L. Rose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2020.574008/full