Plastic ingestion in Franciscana dolphins, Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and d'Orbigny, 1844), from Argentina

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1836-1841

  Denuncio, Pablo ^a,b   Bastida, Ricardo ^a   Dassis, Mariela ^a   Giardino, Gisela ^a   Gerpe, Marcela ^a   Rodríguez, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Coastal cetacean; Incidental captures; Marine pollution; Plastic debris ingestion; Pontoporia blainvillei

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; COASTAL CETACEAN; INCIDENTAL CAPTURES; PLASTIC DEBRIS INGESTION; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEBRIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FISHERIES; HEAVY METALS; MARINE POLLUTION;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

HEAVY METAL; PLASTIC;

BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; INGESTION RATE; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ESTUARY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GILLNET FISHERY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INGESTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DOLPHINS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARGENTINA;

CETACEA; GERVAIS; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI;

EID: 79960432557     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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