The  impacts of anthropogenic debris on marine turtles in the western North Atlantic Ocean

Witzell, W. N.; Teas, Wendy G.

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The impacts of anthropogenic debris on marine turtles in the western North Atlantic Ocean

Published Date:

1994

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Witzell, W. N. ; Teas, Wendy G. ;

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Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)

Series:

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFSC ; 355

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"Early information on sea turtle feeding habits indicated that sea turtles were capable of eating large amounts of non-nutritional items. Carr (1952) reported that a hawksbill turtle was found with two pounds of "dead bark and wood" in its stomach, an interesting observation for an animal which is now believed to be a strict spongivore (Meylan, 1988). It was 23 years later that Carr and Stancyk (1975) reported large amounts of plastics being eaten by Caribbean hawksbills, a disturbing omen of what was happening to the World's oceans"--Introduction, paragraph 1.

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National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

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Atlantic Coast (U.S.)

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