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Yellowness Index Determination Using a Mobile App

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea (ICMPMS 2019)

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Microplastics are one of the most abundant category of marine rubbish, and given the pervasiveness and persistence of the material, they are a growing threat to marine organisms and ecosystems [1], with very much higher concentrations of POPs in them than in the surrounding waters [2].

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  1. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Tecnologías, Gestión y Biogeoquímica ambiental, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

    Sara Ortiz-Montosa & Daura Vega-Moreno

  2. Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias (PLOCAN), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

    Bárbara Abaroa-Pérez

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  1. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Mariacristina Cocca

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    Emilia Di Pace

  3. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

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Ortiz-Montosa, S., Abaroa-Pérez, B., Vega-Moreno, D. (2020). Yellowness Index Determination Using a Mobile App. In: Cocca, M., et al. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. ICMPMS 2019. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_41

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