Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-247

  Vegter, Amanda C ^a   Barletta, Mário ^b   Beck, Cathy ^c   Borrero, Jose ^d   Burton, Harry ^e   Campbell, Marnie L ^f   Costa, Monica F ^b   Eriksen, Marcus ^g   Eriksson, Cecilia ^e   Estrades, Andres ^h   Gilardi, Kirsten V K ⁱ   Hardesty, Britta D ^j   Ivar do Sul, Juliana A ^b   Lavers, Jennifer L ^k,l   Lazar, Bojan ^m   Lebreton, Laurent ⁿ   Nichols, Wallace J ^o   Ribic, Christine A ^p   Ryan, Peter G ^q   Schuyler, Qamar A ^r   Smith, Stephen D A ^s   Takada, Hideshige ^t   Townsend, Kathy A ^r   Wabnitz, Colette C C ^u   Wilcox, Chris ^j   Young, Lindsay C ^v   Hamann, Mark ^a   more..

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d ECoast Marine Consulting and Research   (New Zealand)

^e Mary St   (Australia)

^f CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g 5 Gyres Institute   (United States)

^h Karumbé   (Uruguay)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^l MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

ⁿ Dumpark Ltd   (New Zealand)

^o CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^r UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^s SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^t TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^u SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^v Pacific Rim Conservation   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Global; Marine wildlife; Plastic; Pollution; Priority

Indexed keywords

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84918817317     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00623     Document Type: Article

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