Origins and Biological Accumulation of Small Plastic Particles in Fur Seals from Macquarie Island

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Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 380-384

  Eriksson, Cecilia ^a,b,c   Burton, Harry ^c  

^a Swedish Polar Secretariat   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FEEDING; MARINE MAMMAL; PLASTIC WASTE;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES);

EID: 0142123099     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.6.380     Document Type: Article

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58. We thank Susan Robinson and Simon Goldsworthy for the collection of the plastic particles and their cleaning from the scats, Gerry Nash for the electron micrographs and Graham Rowbottom for expert advice and supervision for the plastics analyses. Karen Wilson measured the size of some of the samples and John van den Hoff produced the final figures and gave very useful comments on the paper draft. We also benefited from discussions with Martin Riddle and Martin Schultz.
59. First submitted 25 Nov. 2002. Revised manuscript received 9 May 2003. Accepted for publication 9 May 2003.