Plastic consumption and diet of Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2351-2356

  Lindborg, Valerie A ^a   Ledbetter, Julia F ^a   Walat, Jean M ^a   Moffett, Cinamon ^b  

^a Port Townsend Marine Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolus; Citizen science; Diet; Glaucous winged Gulls; Plastic consumption

Indexed keywords

BOLUS; CITIZEN SCIENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE LIFE; WASHINGTON;

AQUACULTURE; MARINE POLLUTION;

NUTRITION;

PLASTIC;

DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLAUCOUS WINGED GULL; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD HABITS; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PLASTICS; WASHINGTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PROTECTION ISLAND; SALISH SEA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

LARUS GLAUCESCENS;

EID: 84868208353     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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