Plastic debris in Mediterranean seabirds

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 220-226

  Codina García, Marina ^a   Militão, Teresa ^a   Moreno, Javier ^a   González Solís, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Plastic ingestion; Seabirds; Shearwaters

Indexed keywords

HEALTH DISORDERS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; PLASTIC CHARACTERISTICS; PLASTIC PARTICLE; SEABIRDS; SHEARWATERS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ELASTOMERS;

BIRDS;

PLASTIC;

BIOACCUMULATION; INGESTION RATE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEMALE; INGESTION; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS; PUFFINUS YELKOUAN; SEABIRD; STOMACH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS MAURETANICUS; PUFFINUS YELKOUAN;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84888430355     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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