Anthropogenic Litter in Urban Freshwater Ecosystems: Distribution and Microbial Interactions

Accumulation of anthropogenic litter (i.e. garbage; AL) and its ecosystem effects in marine environments are well documented. Rivers receive AL from terrestrial habitats and represent a major source of AL to marine environments, but AL is rarely studied within freshwater ecosystems. Our objectives w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hoellein, Timothy, Rojas, Miguel, Pink, Adam, Gasior, Joseph, Kelly, John
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4067278/