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@article{kylili2021new,
title={A new paradigm for estimating the prevalence of plastic litter in the marine environment},
author={Kylili, Kyriaki and Artusi, Alessandro and Hadjistassou, Constantinos},
journal={Marine Pollution Bulletin},
volume={173},
pages={113127},
year={2021},
publisher={Elsevier}
}
2020
An Intelligent Way for Discerning Plastics at the Shorelines and the Seas
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@article{kylili2020intelligent,
title={An intelligent way for discerning plastics at the shorelines and the seas},
author={Kylili, Kyriaki and Hadjistassou, Constantinos and Artusi, Alessandro},
journal={Environmental Science and Pollution Research},
volume={27},
number={34},
pages={42631–42643},
year={2020},
publisher={Springer}
}