A new small device made of glass for separating microplastics from marine and freshwater sediments
Separating microplastics from marine and freshwater sediments is challenging, but necessary to determine their distribution, mass, and ecological impacts in benthic environments. Density separation is commonly used to extract microplastics from sediments by using heavy salt solutions, such as zinc c...
Main Authors: | Ryota Nakajima, Masashi Tsuchiya, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Tomo Kitahashi, Katsunori Fujikura, Tomohiko Fukushima |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2019-10-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/7915.pdf |
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