Plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in Iceland

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1252-1254

  Kühn, Susanne ^a,b   van Franeker, Jan A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VAN HALL LARENSTEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fulmarus glacialis; Iceland; Marine debris; OSPAR EcoQO; Plastic ingestion

Indexed keywords

CURRENT INPUT; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; HIGHER LATITUDES; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; MARINE DEBRIS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN LATITUDES; OSPAR ECOQO; PLASTIC DEBRIS; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS;

DEBRIS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PLASTIC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INGESTION RATE; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; ICELAND; LATITUDE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; ICELAND; MALE; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ICELAND;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 84861923353     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.02.027     Document Type: Article

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