Persistent organic pollutants carried by synthetic polymers in the ocean environment

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A Comparison of Plastic and Plankton in the North Pacific Central Gyre

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Natural Sciences, Marine Sciences, Oceanography +11

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Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Toxicology +17

Plastic Particles in Surface Waters of the Northwestern Atlantic

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Natural Sciences, Marine Sciences, Oceanography +15

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Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences +16