Large filter feeding marine organisms as indicators of microplastic in the pelagic environment: The case studies of the Mediterranean basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-24

  Fossi, Maria Cristina ^a   Coppola, Daniele ^a   Baini, Matteo ^a   Giannetti, Matteo ^a   Guerranti, Cristiana ^a   Marsili, Letizia ^a   Panti, Cristina ^a   de Sabata, Eleonora ^b   Clò, Simona ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b MedSharks   (Italy)

^c CTS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basking shark; Fin whale; Mediterranean Sea; Microplastic; Organochlorines; Phthalates

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; FEEDING; MARINE BIOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS;

BASKING SHARK; FIN WHALES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROPLASTIC; ORGANOCHLORINES; PHTHALATES;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOINDICATOR; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FILTER FEEDING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUSCLE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHTHALATE; PLASTIC; SHARK; WHALE;

ADULT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BIOACCUMULATION; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; FILTER FEEDER; FIN WHALE; ITALY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; SEA POLLUTION; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; PLANKTON; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETORHININAE; CETORHINUS MAXIMUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; MYSTICETI;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIN WHALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ITALY; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLANKTON; SHARKS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906938564     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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