Occurrence and amount of microplastic ingested by fishes in watersheds of the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 264-269

  Phillips, Melissa B ^a   Bonner, Timothy H ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat guilds; Plastic pollution; Texas rivers; Trophic guilds; Urbanized and non urbanized streams

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; POLLUTION; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS; FRESHWATER FISHES; HABITAT GUILDS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; TROPHIC GUILDS; URBANIZED AND NON-URBANIZED STREAMS; GULF OF MEXICO;

RIVER POLLUTION;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; GUILD; PLASTIC WASTE; STREAM; TOXICOLOGY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER FISH; GULF OF MEXICO; HABITAT; HERBIVORE; INTESTINE; INVERTIVORE; MARINE FISH; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; ORGANISMS BY FEEDING RELATIONSHIP; PELAGIC ZONE; POLLUTION; RIVER; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEXICO; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

PISCES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84955665645     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.041     Document Type: Article

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