Dunal plants intercepting macrolitter: Implications for beach clean-ups

Luca Gallitelli1, Corrado Battisti2, Massimiliano Scalici1

  • 1Department of Sciences, University of Rome Tre, Rome, Italy.

Marine Pollution Bulletin
|January 13, 2023
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