Plastics in the marine environment.

@article{Koelmans2014PlasticsIT,
  title={Plastics in the marine environment.},
  author={Albert A. Koelmans and Todd Gouin and Richard Thompson and Nancy Elizabeth Wallace and Courtney Arthur},
  journal={Environmental toxicology and chemistry},
  year={2014},
  volume={33 1},
  pages={
          5-10
        }
}
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