Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: A case study from Mersin, TURKEY

2018-12-01
Akarsu, Ceyhun
Kumbur, Halil
Gökdağ, Kerem
Kıdeyş, Ahmet Erkan
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C. Akarsu, H. Kumbur, K. Gökdağ, and A. E. Kıdeyş, “Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: A case study from Mersin, TURKEY,” 2018, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/81120.
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