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The presence of ingested anthropogenic marine debris in seabirds is of growing concern, especially in areas of the earth remote from point sources. It is increasing despite control measures, and impacts to wildlife are poorly understood (Ryan 1993). We report here the first evidence of ingestion of...

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Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
1998). Totals of 10 South Georgian Diving Petrels Pelecanoides georgicus
four Subantarctic Skuas Catharacta antarctica
one Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
two Antarctic Prions
Antarctic
Giganteus
Heard Island
Indian
Antarc*
Antarctica
Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.668.3111
http://marineornithology.org/PDF/32_1/32_1_105-106.pdf
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Summary:The presence of ingested anthropogenic marine debris in seabirds is of growing concern, especially in areas of the earth remote from point sources. It is increasing despite control measures, and impacts to wildlife are poorly understood (Ryan 1993). We report here the first evidence of ingestion of plastic debris by seabirds at sub-Antarctic Heard Island (53°S, 73°E) in the southern Indian

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