Plastic ingestion by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) over 33 years along the coast of Texas, USA

Autor:	Daniel Y. Choi, Donna J. Shaver, Christian Gredzens
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	digestive oral and skin physiology Endangered species Zoology Aquatic Science Biology Oceanography Pollution Texas law.invention Turtles Gastrointestinal Tract Eating Habitat law Marine debris Ingestion Animals Carapace Turtle (robot) Plastics
Zdroj:	Marine pollution bulletin. 173
ISSN:	1879-3363
Popis:	Despite exponential growth of anthropogenic marine debris in recent decades, plastic ingestion by marine turtles in the Gulf of Mexico is not well understood. Gastrointestinal tracts were examined from 464 green turtles that stranded in Texas between 1987 and 2019, and 226 turtles ingested plastic (48.7%). This number doubled from 32.5% in 1987-1999 to 65.5% in 2019, but mass of ingested items was lowest in 2019. No turtles showed evidence of death directly related to plastic ingestion. Compared to other regions, plastic ingestion was low. Small turtles (
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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