Tracking the exposure of a pelagic seabird to marine plastic pollution

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Blanco, Gabriela Silvina, Tonini, Mariano Hernan, Gallo, Luciana, Dell'Omo, Giacomo, Quintana, Flavio Roberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: ARGENTINE CONTINENTAL SHELF; LAGRANGIAN SIMULATION; MARINE DEBRIS CIRCULATION; MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION; PATAGONIA; SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Argentine; Giganteus; Blanco; Italica; Giant Petrel; Giant Petrels; Macronectes giganteus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/202573

We aimed to describe how debris originated from coastal cities and fisheries circulates and accumulates along the Argentine continental shelf and its potential interaction with southern giant petrels (SGP, Macronectes giganteus). We used tracking data of 31 SGPs (adults and juveniles) from Patagonia...