Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters
Anthropogenic debris ingestion has been reported for green turtles in all their life stages worldwide. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the marine debris ingestion by green turtles stranded in Uruguayan coast between 2005 and 2013. Debris items were categorized and quantified by frequency...
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todo:paper_0025326X_v127_n_p603_VelezRubio2023-10-03T14:36:01Z Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters Vélez-Rubio, G.M. Teryda, N. Asaroff, P.E. Estrades, A. Rodriguez, D. Tomás, J. Chelonia mydas Plastic ingestion Sea turtles Southwestern Atlantic Contamination Marine pollution Chelonia mydas Debris ingestion Life stages Marine debris Negative correlation Relative weights Sea turtles Southwestern Atlantic Debris plastic anthropogenic source coastal zone diet ingestion rate juvenile marine pollution plastic pollution effect turtle Article body size controlled study diet green turtle ingestion juvenile animal marine debris nonhuman seashore turtle Uruguay waste Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (Southwest) Uruguay Chelonia mydas Cheloniidae Testudines Anthropogenic debris ingestion has been reported for green turtles in all their life stages worldwide. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the marine debris ingestion by green turtles stranded in Uruguayan coast between 2005 and 2013. Debris items were categorized and quantified by frequency of occurrence, relative weight, volume and number of items. A total of 96 dead stranded turtles were analyzed and 70% presented debris in their guts. The majority of debris found were plastic, being hard plastics the most abundant in weight. We found no differences in debris ingestion in stranded turtles a long the Uruguayan coast. However we detected a negative correlation between the presence of debris and turtle's size. Smaller turtles are new recruits to neritic grounds indicating that the early juvenile stage of this species is the most vulnerable to this threat in the Southwestern Atlantic. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0025326X_v127_n_p603_VelezRubio |
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Chelonia mydas Plastic ingestion Sea turtles Southwestern Atlantic Contamination Marine pollution Chelonia mydas Debris ingestion Life stages Marine debris Negative correlation Relative weights Sea turtles Southwestern Atlantic Debris plastic anthropogenic source coastal zone diet ingestion rate juvenile marine pollution plastic pollution effect turtle Article body size controlled study diet green turtle ingestion juvenile animal marine debris nonhuman seashore turtle Uruguay waste Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (Southwest) Uruguay Chelonia mydas Cheloniidae Testudines |
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Chelonia mydas Plastic ingestion Sea turtles Southwestern Atlantic Contamination Marine pollution Chelonia mydas Debris ingestion Life stages Marine debris Negative correlation Relative weights Sea turtles Southwestern Atlantic Debris plastic anthropogenic source coastal zone diet ingestion rate juvenile marine pollution plastic pollution effect turtle Article body size controlled study diet green turtle ingestion juvenile animal marine debris nonhuman seashore turtle Uruguay waste Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (Southwest) Uruguay Chelonia mydas Cheloniidae Testudines Vélez-Rubio, G.M. Teryda, N. Asaroff, P.E. Estrades, A. Rodriguez, D. Tomás, J. Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters |
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Anthropogenic debris ingestion has been reported for green turtles in all their life stages worldwide. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the marine debris ingestion by green turtles stranded in Uruguayan coast between 2005 and 2013. Debris items were categorized and quantified by frequency of occurrence, relative weight, volume and number of items. A total of 96 dead stranded turtles were analyzed and 70% presented debris in their guts. The majority of debris found were plastic, being hard plastics the most abundant in weight. We found no differences in debris ingestion in stranded turtles a long the Uruguayan coast. However we detected a negative correlation between the presence of debris and turtle's size. Smaller turtles are new recruits to neritic grounds indicating that the early juvenile stage of this species is the most vulnerable to this threat in the Southwestern Atlantic. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd |
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Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters |
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Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters |
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Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters |
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Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters |
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Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters |
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differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in uruguayan waters |
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