Microplastic Pellets from the Great Lakes Study (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

Microplastic Pellets from the Great Lakes Study

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Microplastic pellets from the Great Lakes study. The pellet study involved sampling of 66 beaches on each Great Lake over a two-week period in October 2018, with a total of 12,974 pellets on 660 square meters of beach.

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Patricia Corcoran

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