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Microplastics in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta: Sources and Pathways to the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve - an UNESCO World Heritage Centre

•Investigation of MPs sources and pathways to the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve.•Fiber shape (sediment, 63% and water, 76%) is dominant.•MPs abundance in the Hooghly River delta was higher, compared with other Indian rivers. River Ganga, Brahmaputra, and their distributaries form one of the world...

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Published in:Environmental advances 2023-04, Vol.11, p.100350, Article 100350
Main Authors: Neelavannan, Kannaiyan, Sen, Indra Sekhar, Sinha, Nabodita, Thakur, Ashwani Kumar, Misra, Sambuddha
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