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Macroplastic transfer dynamics in the Loire estuary: similarities and specificities with macrotidal estuaries

1. Introduction
2. Material and methods
2.1. Loire river estuary
2.2. Tracker program and data collection
2.3. Experiment dsign
2.4. Data treatment
3. Results
3.1. Macroplastic transfer dynamics in the Loire estuary
3.2. The impact of hydrological conditions
3.3. The impact of macroplastic buoyancy
4. Discussion
4.1. A chaotic journey for macroplastics in the Loire estuary
4.2. Similarities and specificities with the Seine estuary
5. Concluding remarks, outlooks and recommendations