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Spatial Distribution Of Microplastics In Overbank Deposits And Sandbar Sediments Of The River Loire (France)
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This conference presentation reports on the spatial distribution of microplastics in riverbank deposits and sandbars along the Loire River in France. River sediments serve as temporary storage and long-term sinks for microplastics transported downstream toward coastal and marine environments.
MICRO 2022, Plastic pollution from macro to nano, En distanciel, , 14-/11/2022 - 18/11/2022
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