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microplastics

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (14 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on microplastics with 14 nodes and 25 connections. Top connected: Plastic rain in protected areas of the United Stat, dust deposition, moisture transport, back-trajectory analysis, plastic pollution.

Definition

Plastic particles smaller than 5 mm that result from fragmentation of larger plastic pieces

Related Terms (2)

plastic particlesplastic fibers

Publications (1)

article

Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States

2020Sciencecentral

Related Concepts (4)

moisture transport

process1 shared paper

dust deposition

phenomenon1 shared paper

back-trajectory analysis

measurement1 shared paper

plastic pollution

phenomenon1 shared paper