Abundance and Characteristics of Microplastics in the Soil of a Higher Education Institution in China
by Kuok Ho Daniel Tang 1 , Yuxin Luo 2Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Keywords: abundance; concentration; particle size; human activities; polyethylene; residential
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