| Title: | Ingestion of marine debris by loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the Adriatic Sea |
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| Authors: | ID Lazar, Bojan (Author)
ID Gračan, Romana (Author) |
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| Files: |  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X10004297
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Not categorized |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | IAM - Andrej Marušič Institute
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| Abstract: | We examined the occurrence of marine debris in the gastrointestinal tract of 54 loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) found stranded or incidentally captured dead by fisheries in the Adriatic Sea, with a curved carapace length of 25.0-79.2 cm. Marine debris was present in 35.2% of turtles and included soft plastic, ropes, Styrofoam and monofilament lines found in 68.4%, 42.1%, 15.8% and 5.3% of loggerheads that have ingested debris, respectively. The dry mass of debris per turtle was low, ranging from <0.01 to 0.71 g, and the ingestion was not significantly affected by sex or body siye (all p > 0.05). Marine debris averaged 2.2 +- 8.0% of dry mass of gut content, with a maximum of 35% found in a juvenile turtle that most likely died due to debris ingestion. Considering the relatively high occurrence of debris intake and possible sub-lethal effects of even small quantities of marine debris, this can be an additional factor of concern for loggerheads in the Adriatic Sea |
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| Keywords: | Sea turtles, Caretta caretta, marine debris, plastic, pollution, Adriatic Sea |
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| Year of publishing: | 2011 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 43-47 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 62, iss. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUP-3847  |
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| ISSN: | 0025-326X |
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| UDC: | 598.132.6:502.51(262.3) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 1901523 |
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| Publication date in RUP: | 15.10.2013 |
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