Macroplastic pollution in freshwater environments: Focusing public and policy action.

@article{Winton2019MacroplasticPI,
  title={Macroplastic pollution in freshwater environments: Focusing public and policy action.},
  author={Debbie J. Winton and Lucy G. Anderson and Steve Rocliffe and Steven Arthur Loiselle},
  journal={The Science of the total environment},
  year={2019},
  pages={
          135242
        }
}
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