Plastic debris ingested by deep-water fish of the Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-13

  Anastasopoulou, Aikaterini ^a   Mytilineou, Chryssi ^a   Smith, Christopher J ^a   Papadopoulou, Konstantia N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deep water fish; Eastern Mediterranean; Elasmobranchs; Galeus melastomus; Litter; Plastic debris ingestion

Indexed keywords

DEEP-WATER FISHES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ELASMOBRANCHS; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; LITTER; PLASTIC DEBRIS;

ELASTOMERS; FISH; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; PLASTICS;

DEBRIS;

DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; INGESTION RATE; LITTER; LONGLINING; MARINE POLLUTION; PERCIFORM; PLASTIC; SHARK;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ELASMOBRANCHII; ETMOPTERUS SPINAX; GALEUS MELASTOMUS; PAGELLUS BOGARAVEO; PTEROPLATYTRYGON VIOLACEA; SQUALUS; SQUALUS BLAINVILLE;

EID: 84873024815     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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