Intergenerational transfer of plastic debris by Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris)

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-234

  Carey, Mark J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

marine debris; plastic pollution; seabirds; shearwater

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLASTIC; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESEARCH WORK; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA; PHILLIP ISLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ARDENNA; AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 80052200666     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU10085     Document Type: Article

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