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The impacts of anthropogenic debris on marine turtles in the western North Atlantic Ocean
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1994
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Alternative Title:Impacts of anthropogenic debris on marine turtles in the western North Atlantic Ocean
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Description:"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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Content Notes:by W.N. Witzell and Wendy G. Teas.
"September 1994."
Appendix 1: The occurrence and effects of debris and entanglement on sea turtles : a bibliography.
Also available online in PDF format.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 6-8).
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