The seasonal and spatial patterns of ingestion of polyfilament nylon fragments by estuarine drums (Sciaenidae)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 600-606

  Dantas, David V ^a,b   Barletta, Mário ^a,b   da Costa, Monica Ferreira ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ecologia e Gerenciamento de Ecossistemas Aquaticos IEGEA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Goiana Estuary; Marine debris; Ontogenetic phases; Polyamide; Seasonal changes; Small scale fisheries; South America

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NYLON; RAIN;

ESTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FRAGMENTATION; GEAR SELECTIVITY; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; SEASON; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; STOMACH JUICE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; NYLONS; PERCIFORMES; RAIN; SEASONS; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; SCIAENIDAE; STELLIFER; STELLIFER STELLIFER;

EID: 84855989419     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0579-0     Document Type: Article

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