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Metals, marine brds and microplastics
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This research seminar presentation examines the relationship between metals, seabirds, and microplastics, exploring how plastic ingestion by marine birds can expose them to metal contaminants associated with weathered plastic particles.
Research seminar given for WildEcol at the University of Saskatchewan, 08 January 2014
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