Plastic Ingestion in Sardines (Sardinops sagax) From Frenchman Bay, Western Australia, Highlights a Problem in a Ubiquitous Fish

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Coastal Region 100%
• Western Australia 100%
• Low Concentration 100%
• Ingestion Rate 100%
• Coastal Environment 50%
• Characterization 50%
• FTIR Spectroscopy 50%
• Cellulose 50%
• Sentinel 50%
• Polypropylene 50%
• Polyethylene 50%
• Habitat Selection 50%
• Feeding Behavior 50%
• Synthetic Material 50%
• Trophic Level 16%

Agricultural and Biological Sciences

• Sardine 100%
• Ingestion 83%
• Sardinops Sagax 33%
• Feeding Behavior 16%
• Australians 16%
• Digestion 16%
• Polymers 16%
• Polyethylene 16%
• Cellulose 16%
• Polypropylene 16%
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy 16%
• Habitat Preferences 16%
• Marine Fish 16%

Chemistry

• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy 50%
• Poly(propylene) 50%
• Chemical Digestion 50%