Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

Ilka Peeken; Sebastian Primpke; Birte Beyer; Julia Gütermann; Christian Katlein; Thomas Krumpen; Melanie Bergmann; Laura Hehemann; Gunnar Gerdts

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03825-5

Keywords

Sea iceArctic ice packArcticMicroplasticsEnvironmental scienceOceanographySink (geography)Drift iceCryosphereArctic geoengineeringLead (geology)Arctic sea ice declineGeologyGeographyGeomorphology

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Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung DE

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 1505-1505
Citations: 991
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                                    Ilka Peeken, 
                                
                                    Sebastian Primpke, 
                                
                                    Birte Beyer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic. 
                            Nature Communications
                            , 9
                            (1)
                            , 1505-1505.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03825-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03825-5