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Plastic pollution: Another threat for seabirds
Description: Plastic pollution is known to be a threat for marine ecosystems around the world, but it has not been much studied yet. This is the first assessment of plastic ingestion in Mediterranean seabirds. Plastic ingestions affects around 94% of Cory's shearwaters on the Catalan coast, according to the new research. In the case of Yelkouan shearwaters and Balearic shearwaters, scientists show that 70% of studied birds were affected by plastic ingestion. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140513091703.htm
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Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 5/13/2014
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