Prey and plastic ingestion of Pacific Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis rogersii) from Monterey Bay, California

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 214-224

  Donnelly Greenan, Erica L ^a,b,c   Harvey, James T ^a   Nevins, Hannahrose M ^b,c   Hester, Michelle M ^c   Walker, William A ^d  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center   (United States)

^c Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Diet; Ingestion; Northern Fulmar; Plastic

Indexed keywords

INGESTION (ENGINES); MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRITION; PLASTICS;

BODY CONDITION; CEPHALOPOD; MARINE PLASTICS; MONTEREY BAY , CALIFORNIA; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTHERN FULMAR; NUMBER AND SIZE; PECTORAL MUSCLES;

MOLLUSCS;

PLASTIC; POLLUTANT;

CEPHALOPOD; DIET; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INGESTION RATE; PLASTIC WASTE; PREY SIZE; SEABIRD;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CEPHALOPOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS RODGERSII; GONATUS CALIFORNIENSIS; GONATUS ONYX; GONATUS PYROS; INGESTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PREY; SEA POLLUTION; SEABIRD; STOMACH; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BIRD; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; SEA; STOMACH JUICE; VETERINARY;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

CEPHALOPODA; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; FULMARUS GLACIALIS RODGERSII; GONATUS PYROS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

ANIMALS; BAYS; BIRDS; BODY COMPOSITION; CALIFORNIA; CEPHALOPODA; DIET; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS;

EID: 84905736650     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.05.046     Document Type: Article

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