Plastic ingestion by a generalist seabird on the coast of Uruguay

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 71-76

  Lenzi, Javier ^a,b   Burgues, María Fernanda ^c   Carrizo, Daniel ^d,e   Machín, Emanuel ^c   Teixeira de Mello, Franco ^c  

^a Centro de Investigacion y Conservacion Marina   (Uruguay)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Plastic film; Plastic pollution; Seabirds; Synthetic polymers; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ELASTOMERS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLLUTION; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; PLASTIC BAGS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; SEABIRDS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; URUGUAY;

PELLETIZING;

PLASTIC; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; WASTE;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATER; GENERALIST; INGESTION RATE; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC; POLYMER; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INGESTION; LARUS DOMINICANUS; NONHUMAN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEABIRD; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; URUGUAY; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; WASTE;

URUGUAY;

LARUS DOMINICANUS;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PLASTICS; URUGUAY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84973533401     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.04.016     Document Type: Article

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