Marine plastic debris in northern fulmars from the Canadian high Arctic

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1501-1504

  Mallory, Mark L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; WASTE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CANADA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 48949116076     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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