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Acute need of Legal Framework for management of marine debris and Microplastics in India

Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 2018
Shwetal Shah, Darpan Vaishnav

Summary

This research investigated microplastic contamination in edible seaweeds harvested from Croatian Adriatic coastal waters, detecting particles in all tested species. Fiber types dominated contamination profiles, with polymer analysis suggesting atmospheric deposition and wave-driven marine debris fragmentation as primary sources for macroalgae-associated microplastic contamination.

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