Seabirds, gyres and global trends in plastic pollution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 203, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-96

  Van Franeker, Jan A ^a   Law, Kara Lavender ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Sea Education Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Fulmarus glacialis; Industrial plastic pellets; Marine debris; North Atlantic subtropical gyre; Plastic ingestion

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; PELLETIZING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; MARINE DEBRIS; NORTH ATLANTIC SUBTROPICAL GYRES; PLASTIC MARINE DEBRIS; PLASTIC PELLETS; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

PLASTIC; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; GYRE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; OCEAN CURRENT; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEABIRD; TREND STUDY; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORTH SEA; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84927138181     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.02.034     Document Type: Article

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