High levels of microplastic ingestion by the semipelagic fish bogue Boops boops (L.) around the Balearic Islands

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 214, Issue , 2016, Pages 517-523

  Nadal, M A ^a   Alomar, C ^a   Deudero, S ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feeding; Fish; Marine litter; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDING; POLLUTION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROPLASTICS; MULTIPLE SOURCE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

FISH;

BIOACCUMULATION; INGESTION RATE; MARINE POLLUTION; PELAGIC FISH; PLASTIC WASTE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BIOTA; CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INGESTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STOMACH; ANIMAL; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); WATER POLLUTANT;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

BOOPS BOOPS;

PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84964688036     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.054     Document Type: Article

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