Naslov
The plastic Diet: What is happening to sea turtles?

Autori
Marn, Nina ; Kooijman, Sebastiann, A.L.M. ; Klanjšček, Tin ; Legović, Tarzan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
WiBioSE - Winter Symposium of Biology Students of Europe - Book of abstracts / Helsen, Christine ; Preković, Stefan ; Petrović, Bojan D. ; van den Broeck, Thomas - Aranđelovac : Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia, 2014, 122-123

Skup
WiBioSE - Winter Symposium of Biology Students of Europe

Mjesto i datum
Aranđelovac, Srbija, 02.02.2014. - 08.02.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
loggerhead turtle; plastc ingestion; mathematical modeling

Sažetak
Marine debris is a growing problem in our consumer society. Plastics in the marine environment can affect marine organisms in various ways: entanglement ; ingestion ; transfer of toxicants and invasive species ; and accumulation and destruction of benthic communities. Sea turtles are opportunistic carnivores and will eat almost anything, including plastic debris. Most of the ingestions do not have an immediate lethal effect and do not cause physical damage to the gut itself, but the sole ingestion of plastic debris reduces the stomach/digestive system volume, which could affect the fitness of individual turtles and whole populations. I use a mechanistic model to explore the possible consequences of plastic ingestion on growth, maturation and reproduction of loggerhead turtles.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Matematika, Biologija

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