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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 339-342

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From page 339...
... Pinniped and sea turtle entanglement in plastic debris have been documented, but accounts of the impact of plastics on birds, fish, marine mammals, and terrestrial species are largely anecdotal. Furthermore, most available data on wildlife entanglements with debris is drawn from a few studies, and there has been no attempt to compile the data at one source, nor has there been any extensive effort to monitor trends.
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From page 340...
... 1987. Impact of nondegradable marine debris on the ecology and survival outlook of sea turtles.
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From page 341...
... 1990. Survey of marine debris ingestion by odontocete cetaceans.
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From page 342...
... 1990. Entanglement in and ingestion of marine debris by sea turtles stranded along the south Texas Coast.
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