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Challenging the Microplastic Extraction from Sandy Sediments

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea

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As plastic particles are one of the most commonly waste found on beaches [1], this pollution requires the use of innovative extraction methodologies especially for smallest size ranges of plastic particles, as microplastics.

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  1. Université Bretagne Sud, IRDL FRE CNRS 3744, 56100, Lorient, France

    Mikaël Kedzierski, Véronique Le Tilly, Patrick Bourseau, Hervé Bellegou, Olivier Sire & Stéphane Bruzaud

  2. Université de Nantes, CNRS GEPEA, UMR 6144, 44602, Saint-Nazaire, France

    Patrick Bourseau

  3. SERPBIO, Université Bretagne-Sud, 56321, Lorient, France

    Guy César

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Kedzierski, M. et al. (2018). Challenging the Microplastic Extraction from Sandy Sediments. In: Cocca, M., Di Pace, E., Errico, M., Gentile, G., Montarsolo, A., Mossotti, R. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_9

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