Microplastic in a macro filter feeder: Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 248-252

  Besseling, E ^a   Foekema, E M ^a   Van Franeker, J A ^a   Leopold, M F ^a   Kuhn S ^a   Bravo Rebolledo, E L ^a   Hesse E ^a   Mielke, L ^a   IJzer, J ^b   Kamminga, P ^c   Koelmans, A A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Filter feeders; Humpback whale; Ingestion; Microplastic

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; INGESTION (ENGINES); PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES;

FILTER FEEDERS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMPBACK WHALES; MARINE PLASTICS; MICROPLASTIC; PARTICLE SHAPE; SMALL PARTICLES; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROPLASTIC; NYLON; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; FILTER FEEDER; INGESTION RATE; PLASTIC WASTE; WHALE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FILTER FEEDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INGESTION; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; THAWING; WHALE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMPBACK WHALE; STOMACH JUICE; WATER POLLUTANT;

MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMPBACK WHALE; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84933671139     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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