Plastic litter is a part of the carbon cycle in an urban river: Microplastic and macroplastic accumulate with organic matter in floating debris rafts

Timothy J. Hoellein, Bailey A. Schwenk, Elizabeth M. Kazmierczak, Fritz Petersen

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Original languageEnglish
Article numbere11116
JournalWater Environment Research
Volume96
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2024
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Waste Management and Disposal
  • Pollution

Keywords

  • anthropogenic litter
  • carbon cycle
  • debris rafts
  • macroplastics
  • microplastics
  • water pollution

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