Are baleen whales exposed to the threat of microplastics? A case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2374-2379

  Fossi, Maria Cristina ^a   Panti, Cristina ^a   Guerranti, Cristiana ^a   Coppola, Daniele ^a   Giannetti, Matteo ^a   Marsili, Letizia ^a   Minutoli, Roberta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fin whale; Mediterranean Sea; Microplastic particles; Neuston; Phthalates; Surface plankton

Indexed keywords

BALEEN WHALES; FILTER-FEEDING; FIN WHALE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROPLASTICS; NEUSTON; PHTHALATES; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

ESTERS;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

DI (2 ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; MICROPLASTIC; MONO (2 ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION RATE; LITTER; PLANKTON; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIN WHALE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NEUSTON; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER SAMPLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIN WHALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLANKTON; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGOS SANCTUARY;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; MYSTICETI;

EID: 84868198307     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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