Plastic ingestion by pelagic and demersal fish from the North Sea and Baltic Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 134-141

  Rummel, Christoph D ^a   Löder, Martin G J ^a,d   Fricke, Nicolai F ^b   Lang, Thomas ^b   Griebeler, Eva Maria ^c   Janke, Michael ^a   Gerdts, Gunnar ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Fisheries Ecology   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Fish; Ingestion; Marine debris; North Sea; Plastic

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INGESTION (ENGINES); PLASTICS;

BALTIC SEA; DEMERSAL FISH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MARINE DEBRIS; NORTH SEA; PLASTIC PARTICLE; POLYMER TYPES;

FISH;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; WATER POLLUTANT;

DEMERSAL FISH; INGESTION RATE; PELAGIC FISH; PLASTIC WASTE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; ATLANTIC HERRING; BALTIC SEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMERSAL FISH; FITNESS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INGESTION; LIMANDA LIMANDA; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; PARTICLE SIZE; PELAGIC FISH; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HUMAN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

CLUPEIDAE; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HUMANS; NORTH SEA; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84957062233     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.11.043     Document Type: Article

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