Increased plastic litter cover affects the foraging activity of the sandy intertidal gastropod Nassarius pullus

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1772-1779

  Aloy, Alexander B ^a,b   Vallejo, Benjamin M ^a   Juinio Meñez, Marie Antonette ^c  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^c University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Baiting experiment; Foraging efficiency; Nassarius pullus; Philippines; Plastic garbage; Sandy intertidal

Indexed keywords

BAITING EXPERIMENT; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; NASSARIUS PULLUS; PHILIPPINES; SANDY INTERTIDAL;

DEBRIS; EXPERIMENTS;

EFFICIENCY;

PLASTIC;

ABUNDANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; LITTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTERTIDAL SPECIES; LOCOMOTION; NASSARIUS PULLUS; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPODA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHILIPPINES; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BATANGAS; CALABARZON; PHILIPPINES;

GASTROPODA; NASSARIUS; PULLUS;

EID: 79960394683     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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