Plastic ingestion by fish in the Southern Hemisphere: A baseline study and review of methods

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 286-291

  Cannon, Seon M E ^a   Lavers, Jennifer L ^a   Figueiredo, Bianca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Living Ocean Centre for Marine Studies   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actinopterygii; Australia; Dissostichus mawsoni; FT IR; Plastic pollution; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MARINE POLLUTION;

ACTINOPTERYGII; AUSTRALIA; DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

FISH;

BASELINE SURVEY; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; FUTURE PROSPECT; INGESTION RATE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLASTIC; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STOMACH CONTENT;

ANTARCTICA; CEPHALOPOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INGESTION; SAMPLING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; STOMACH JUICE; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ACTINOPTERYGII; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CHELONIIDAE; DISSOSTICHUS MAWSONI;

PLASTIC; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84979466018     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.03.057     Document Type: Article

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