Experimental degradation of polymer shopping bags (standard and degradable plastic, and biodegradable) in the gastrointestinal fluids of sea turtles

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 464-467

  Müller, Christin ^a   Townsend, Kathy ^b   Matschullat, Jörg ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Digestive system; Marine debris; Moreton Bay; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; MARINE DEBRIS; MORETON BAY; SEA TURTLES;

DEBRIS; DEGRADATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLUIDS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; STANDARDS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

PLASTIC; POLYMER;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DURABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MORBIDITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMER; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FLUID; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84856231779     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.069     Document Type: Article

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