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Title:Ingestion of marine debris by loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the Adriatic Sea
Authors:ID Lazar, Bojan (Author)
ID Gračan, Romana (Author)
Files:URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X10004297
 
Language:English
Work type:Not categorized
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:IAM - Andrej Marušič Institute
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
Keywords:Sea turtles, Caretta caretta, marine debris, plastic, pollution, Adriatic Sea
Year of publishing:2011
Number of pages:str. 43-47
Numbering:Vol. 62, iss. 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUP-3847 This link opens in a new window
ISSN:0025-326X
UDC:598.132.6:502.51(262.3)
COBISS.SI-ID:1901523 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUP:15.10.2013
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LAZAR, Bojan and GRAČAN, Romana, 2011, Ingestion of marine debris by loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the Adriatic Sea. [online]. 2011. Vol. 62, no. 1, p. 43–47. [Accessed 9 April 2025]. Retrieved from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X10004297
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