Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6357818 | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
In this note we report and discuss three cases involving two serious injuries and one death on three specimens of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta, found in Terceira Island, Azores (NE Atlantic). Plastic debris and lost/discarded fishing gear caused these accidents. In fact, these types of marine litter are known to cause several accidents all over the world involving many taxa. However, we think that this issue has probably a much wider impact and detected cases such as those reported here are but just a small sample of the whole unknown dimension of this serious marine pollution problem.
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Authors
João P. Barreiros, Violin S. Raykov,