Seabirds and floating plastic debris

被引:76
作者
Cadée, GC [1 ]
机构
[1] Netherlands Inst Sea Res, NL-1790 AB Den Burg, Netherlands
关键词
plastics; fulmars; North Sea; Sepia;
D O I
10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00264-3
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
80% of floating plastic debris freshly washed ashore on a Dutch coast showed peckmarks made by birds at sea. They either mistake these debris for cuttlebones or simply test all floating objects. Ingestion of plastic is deleterious for marine organisms. It is urgent to set measures to plastic litter production. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1294 / 1295
页数:2
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