Organic contamination of beached plastic pellets in the South Atlantic: Risk assessments can benefit by considering spatial gradients
- 1 May 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Chemosphere
- Vol. 223, 608-615
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Funding Information
- Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (564316/2008-3)
- São Paulo Research Foundation (2018/06162-6)
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior CAPES (02/2008)
- Fundação Araucária (229/07-10826)
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