Albatrosses and petrels at South Georgia as sentinels of marine debris input from vessels in the southwest Atlantic Ocean

Increasing amounts of anthropogenic debris enter the ocean because of mismanagement in coastal communities and, despite a global ban on deliberate dumping, also from vessels, endangering wildlife. Assessing marine plastic pollution directly is challenging, and an alternative is to use seabirds as bi...

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Main Authors: Richard A. Phillips, Claire M. Waluda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019337444