As main meal for sperm whales: plastics debris.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Publication date

  2013-04-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.01.033PMID 23465618
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