Linking effects of anthropogenic debris to ecological impacts

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1807, 2015, Pages

  Browne, Mark Anthony ^a,b   Underwood, A J ^c   Chapman, M G ^c   Williams, Rob ^d   Thompson, Richard C ^e   Van Franeker, Jan A ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Macro; Micro; Nano; Plastic; Population

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY; PLASTIC WASTE; POLICY MAKING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA;

PLASTIC; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PLANTS; PLASTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84928905793     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2929     Document Type: Review

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