Ingestion of plastic marine litter by sea turtles in southern Brazil: abundance, characteristics and potential selectivity

The ingestion of plastic marine litter (PML) by sea turtles is widespread and concerning, and the five species that occur in the southwestern Atlantic – green, loggerhead, olive ridley, leatherback and hawksbill – are vulnerable to this pollution. Here, we quantified and characterized PML ingested b...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Marine pollution bulletin 2019-03, Vol.140, p.536-548
Hauptverfasser:	Rizzi, Milena, Rodrigues, Fábio L., Medeiros, Luciana, Ortega, Ileana, Rodrigues, Lucas, Monteiro, Danielle S., Kessler, Felipe, Proietti, Maíra C.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abundance Aquatic reptiles Body size Carnivores Ingestion Lepidochelys olivacea Litter Marine debris Marine plastic pollution Marine turtles Mitigation Negative impacts Plastic debris Plastic polymers Plastics Pollution Polymers Predators Prey-specific index Sea turtles Selectivity Southwestern Atlantic Turtles
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