High frequency of occurrence of anthropogenic debris ingestion by sea turtles in the North Pacific Ocean

Marine Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2079-2091

  Wedemeyer Strombel, Kathryn R ^a   Balazs, George H ^b   Johnson, James B ^c   Peterson, Taylor D ^a   Wicksten, Mary K ^a   Plotkin, Pamela T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BYCATCH; DEBRIS FLOW; DIET; INGESTION RATE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; TURTLE;

AMERICAN SAMOA; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA;

EID: 84942984328     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-015-2738-1     Document Type: Article

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