Prevalence and composition of marine debris in Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) nests at Ashmore Reef

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 320-324

  Lavers, Jennifer L ^a   Hodgson, Jarrod C ^a   Clarke, Rohan H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brown Booby; Marine debris; Nesting ecology; Plastic pollution; Sula leucogaster; Timor Sea

Indexed keywords

BROWN BOOBY; MARINE DEBRIS; NESTING ECOLOGY; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; SULA LEUCOGASTER; TIMOR SEA;

MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; REEFS;

DEBRIS;

PLASTIC;

BIOINDICATOR; MARINE POLLUTION; NEST STRUCTURE; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OCEAN CURRENT; ORGANISM COLONY; PREVALENCE; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SEASHORE; SULA LEUCOGASTER;

INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

SULA LEUCOGASTER; SULIDAE;

BROWN BOOBY; MARINE DEBRIS; NESTING ECOLOGY; PLASTIC POLLUTION; SULA LEUCOGASTER; TIMOR SEA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDONESIA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84888437961     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.09.026     Document Type: Article

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