Investigating microplastic trophic transfer in marine top predators

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 238, Issue , 2018, Pages 999-1007

  Nelms, Sarah E ^a,b   Galloway, Tamara S ^b   Godley, Brendan J ^b   Jarvis, Dan S ^c   Lindeque, Penelope K ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c National Seal Sanctuary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marine mammal; Microplastic; Plastic; Pollution; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FISH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLASTICS; POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION CONTROL; ENZYMATIC DIGESTIONS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MARINE MAMMALS; MICROPLASTIC; ORGANIC MATERIALS; TROPHIC TRANSFER;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ARAMID WOVEN FABRIC; AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER; MICROPLASTIC; NEOPRENE; NITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER; PLASTIC; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYURETHAN; STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FECES; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; PINNIPED; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLYMER; PREDATOR; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDATOR; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; PERCIFORMES; WATER POLLUTANT;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; PERCIFORMES; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85042389103     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.016     Document Type: Article

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