Regional differences in plastic ingestion among Southern Ocean fur seals and albatrosses

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 207-210

  Ryan, Peter G ^a   de Bruyn, P J Nico ^b   Bester, Marthán N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus; Diomedea; Marine debris; Marion Island; Thalassarche; Tristan da Cunha

Indexed keywords

MARINE POLLUTION;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; DIOMEDEA; MARINE DEBRIS; MARION ISLAND; THALASSARCHE; TRISTAN DA CUNHA;

CONTAMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; PINNIPED; PLASTIC WASTE; SEABIRD; STOMACH CONTENT;

BIOTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INGESTION; OTARIIDAE; SEA; SEASHORE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; STOMACH; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRD; INDIAN OCEAN; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; WATER POLLUTANT;

MACQUARIE ISLAND; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS; SAINT HELENA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; TRISTAN DA CUNHA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; THALASSARCHE;

PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIRDS; FUR SEALS; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84979463996     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.01.032     Document Type: Article

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