Marine Pollution Bulletin 140 (2019) 308–314 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Marine Pollution Bulletin journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/marpolbul Plastic ingestion in seabirds of the western Indian Ocean T a,b,⁎ a b c Audrey E. Cartraud ,...
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Marine Pollution Bulletin 140 (2019) 308–314 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Marine Pollution Bulletin journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/marpolbul Plastic ingestion in seabirds of the western Indian Ocean T a,b,⁎ a b c Audrey E. Cartraud , Matthieu Le Corre , Jean Turquet , Julie Tourmetz a Université de la Réunion, UMR ENTROPIE, 97715 Saint-Denis cedex 9, Reunion Island, France b NEXA, CYROI, 2 rue Maxime Rivière, 97490 Sainte Clotilde, Technopole de La Réunion, Reunion Island, France c Société d'Etudes Ornithologiques de la Réunion, 13, ruelle des Orchidées, Cambuston, 97440 Saint André, Reunion Island, France A R T I C LE I N FO A B S T R A C T Keywords: We investigated seabird plastic ingestion in the western Indian Ocean by analyzing the stomach contents of 222 Plastic pollution individuals belonging to nine seabird species (including two endangered species endemics to Reunion Island). Marine debris The most affected species were tropical shearwaters (79%) and Bar
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