Ingested plastic in a diving seabird, the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia), in the eastern Canadian Arctic

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1406-1411

  Provencher, Jennifer F ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^b   Mallory, Mark L ^c   O'hara, Patrick D ^c   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Plastic; Seabirds; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CANADIAN ARCTIC; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PLASTIC DEBRIS; SEABIRDS; SURFACE FEEDING; URIA LOMVIA; WATER COLUMNS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DEBRIS; ELASTOMERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLASTICITY; SALES;

PLASTICS;

PLASTIC;

INGESTION RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLASTIC; SEABIRD; WATER COLUMN;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INGESTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT; URIA LOMVIA;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PLASTICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

AVES; PINGUINUS; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 77956010740     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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