Auklet (Charadriiformes: Alcidae, Aethia spp.) chick meals from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, have a very low incidence of plastic marine debris

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1346-1349

  Bond, Alexander L ^a   Jones, Ian L ^a   Williams, Jeffrey C ^b   Byrd, G Vernon ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethia; Aleutian Islands; Auklet; Marine debris; North Pacific Ocean; Plastic

Indexed keywords

ALASKA , USA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AUKLET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH FREQUENCY; MARINE DEBRIS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PLASTIC DEBRIS; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK OF CONTAMINATION;

BIRDS; DEBRIS; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

PLASTICS;

PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INGESTION RATE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PSITTACULA; AETHIA PUSILLA; AETHIA PYGMAE; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; INGESTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

AETHIA; AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PUSILLA; AETHIA PYGMAEA; ALCIDAE; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CYCLORRHYNCHUS PSITTACULA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACULA;

EID: 77955421817     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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