Junk food: Interspecific and intraspecific distinctions in marine debris ingestion by marine turtles
| Autor: | Halima Al Naqbi, Marwa Al Bousi, Brendan Whittington-Jones, Clara Jimena Rodríguez-Zarate, Fadi Yaghmour |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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biology
Frequency of occurrence Junk food Interspecific competition Aquatic Science Oceanography biology.organism_classification Pollution Intraspecific competition Gastrointestinal Contents Turtles body regions Marine pollution Fishery Eating Sea turtle Marine debris Ingestion Animals Water Pollutants human activities Plastics |
| Zdroj: | Marine pollution bulletin. 173 |
| ISSN: | 1879-3363 |
| Popis: | The pervasiveness of marine debris is now considered one of the most persistent changes in marine environments. This study reports marine debris ingested by green sea turtles Chelonia mydas and loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta that stranded along the eastern coast of the Sharjah Emirate in the United Arab Emirates. We observed that both green and loggerhead sea turtles frequently ingest (Frequency of Occurrence: 75.0% and 57.1% respectively) high quantities of marine debris, particularly plastics. The results suggest that green sea turtles are more likely to ingest soft items such as threads and sheets while loggerheads are more likely to ingest hard items. When considering the quantity, frequency and nature of ingested marine debris as well as the physiology of specific species and age classes, green sea turtles, particularly younger specimens, ingest the greatest amount of marine debris. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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