Deposit- and suspension-feeding sea cucumbers (Echinodermata) ingest plastic fragments

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-29

  Graham, Erin R ^a   Thompson, Joseph T ^a,b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposit feeding; Holothurian; Plastic; Pollution; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSIT FEEDING; ECHINODERM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 56649109720     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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