Plastic ingestion by a leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea from the Azores (NE Atlantic)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1196-1197

  Barreiros, João P ^a   Barcelos, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

PLASTIC WASTE; TURTLE;

ACCIDENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INGESTION; LETTER; SEA POLLUTION; TISSUE NECROSIS; TURTLE; ULCER; WATER POLLUTANT;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES;

DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0035195037     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00215-6     Document Type: Article

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