A research study has found widespread ingestion of debris by Australian marine and coastal birds – including among vulnerable and threatened species.
The largest survey of its kind in the southern hemisphere examined 61 species, including 370 inidvidual birds from eastern Australia.
Dr Kathy Townsend from the School of Biomedical Sciences and the Moreton Bay Research Station said 30 per cent of species investigated had ingested marine debris.
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