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Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Gulf of Cadiz
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This conference poster abstract briefly describes a study on microplastic pollution in surface waters of the Gulf of Cadiz in Spain, with limited methodological or results detail available.
VII International Symposium on Marine Sciences, Workshop on Marine Litter, Barcelona (Spain), 1st-3rd July 2020
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