Is marine debris ingestion still a problem for the coastal marine biota of southern Brazil?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 396-401

  Tourinho, Paula S ^a   Ivar do Sul, Juliana A ^a   Fillmann, Gilberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beach survey; Chelonia mydas; Marine pollution; Plastic; Procellariiformes; Sphenisciformes

Indexed keywords

BRAZILIAN COAST; CHELONIA MYDAS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; CURRENT STATUS; DIVERSE METHODS; MARINE BIOTA; MARINE DEBRIS; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SEA TURTLES; SOUTHERN BRAZIL;

BEACHES; BIRDS; COASTAL ZONES; DEBRIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLASTICS; SURVEYS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PLASTIC;

BIOTA; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; SEABIRD; TURTLE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BRAZIL; CHARADRIIFORMES; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; INGESTION; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SEASHORE; TURTLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BRAZIL; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; SPHENISCIDAE; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL;

CHARADRIIFORMES; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SPHENISCIFORMES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77649341211     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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