Marine debris ingestion in loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, from the Western Mediterranean

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-216

  Tomas, J ^a   Guitart, R ^a   Mateo, R ^b   Raga, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Feeding discrimination; Loggerhead sea turtle; Marine debris; Sublethal effects; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; HOOKS; OCEAN HABITATS; PAPER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAR; WOOD;

INGESTION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; TAR;

MARINE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TURTLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARETTA CARETTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEEDING; FISHERMAN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; INGESTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PAPER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; STOMACH CONTENT; TURTLE; WASTE; WOOD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTICS; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; PHRAGMITES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036187385     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00236-3     Document Type: Article

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