Plastic ingestion in marine-associated bird species from the eastern North Pacific

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 257-259

  Avery Gomm, S ^a   Provencher, J F ^b   Morgan, K H ^c   Bertram, D F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcidae; North Pacific; Plastic ingestion; Plastic pollution; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ALCIDAE; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS; NORTH PACIFIC; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; SEABIRDS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD PROTOCOLS;

BIRDS; POLLUTION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

COASTAL WATER; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANCIENT MURRELET; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAGING; GLAUCOUS WINGED GULL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGESTION; MARBLED MURRELET; PIGEON GUILLEMOTT; PLASTIC INGESTION; RHINOCEROS AUKLET; SEABIRD; SOOTY SHEARWATER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ALCIDAE; AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; CERORHINCA; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 84879879810     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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