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12-06-2014

Seabirds threatened by plastic marine, educational program 'Environment', TV3

Plastic pollution is a threat-known, but little research on ocean ecosystems worldwide. Nearly 94% of the Catalan coast Shearwater Shearwaters have ingested plastic parts, according to a study published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin by a team led by Professor Jacob González-Solís, Department of Animal Biology and the Institute for Research Biodiversity UB (IRBio). In the case of the Mediterranean and Balearic Shearwater, 70% of the birds studied had also swallowed plastics, according to the conclusions of the article, which also signed Marina Codina Garcia, Javier and Teresa Moreno Militare (UB-IRBio) . New UB plastic on seabirds in the stomach in the section discuss Mosaic's outreach program environment, Catalonia Television on Friday, June 13, starting at 14:20 hours.


For more information:

http://www.tv3.cat/pprogrames/elmediambient/

http://www.ub.edu/web/ub/ca/menu_eines/noticies/2014/05/021.html