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Adherence of polystyrene microspheres on cave sediment: implications for organic contaminants and microplastics in karst systems. 聚苯乙烯微球在洞穴沉积物上的附着：对岩溶系统中有机污染物和微塑料的影响。

Environmental & engineering geoscience Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-20 DOI: 10.21663/eeg-d-22-00090

Jill L Riddell, Dorothy J Vesper, Louis M McDonald

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