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Microplastics in rivers
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This record does not describe a study with findings. It introduces a researcher who leads a microplastics research group and studies river sediments, land erosion sources, and how rivers have changed due to human activity.
he leads the microplastics group.He is a fluvial geomorphologist with a particular interest in catchment sediment sources, fluvial sediment properties, and the Anthropocene river.
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