Endangered Species Research

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Global research priorities for the management and mitigation of plastic pollution on marine wildlife

Authors:

Amanda C. Vegter1, Mário Barletta2, Cathy Beck3, Jose Borrero4, Harry Burton5, Marnie L. Campbell6, Marcus Eriksen7, Cecilia Eriksson5, Andres Estrades8, Kirsten Gilardi9, Britta Denise Hardesty10, Juliana Assunção Ivar do Sul11, Jennifer L. Lavers12,13, Bojan Lazar14, Laurent Lebreton15, Wallace J. Nichols16, Christine A. Ribic17, Peter G. Ryan18, Qamar A. Schuyler19, Stephen D.A. Smith20, Hideshige Takada21, Kathy A. Townsend22, Colette C.C. Wabnitz23, Chris Wilcox10, Lindsay Young24, Mark Hamann25,26

Affiliations:

1. School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
2. Laboratory of Ecology and Management of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems – LEGECE. Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
3. U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Sirenia Project, 2201 NW 40th Terrace, Gainesville, FL  32605-3574 USA
4. University of Southern California, Tsunami Research Center, Los Angeles, California 90089-2531, USA
5. 1 Mary St, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
6. School of Medical and Applied Science, Central Queensland University, Bryan Jordan Drive, Gladstone QLD 4680, Australia
7. 5 Gyres Institute, 2122 S. Spaulding Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90016, USA
8. Karumbé, Av. Giannattasio km. 30.5, El Pinar, Canelones 15008, Uruguay
9. School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616, USA
10. Marine and Atmospheric Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tas 7000, Australia
11. Oceanography Department, Federal University of Pernambuco Av. Arquitetura s/n Cidade Universitária - Recife, PE, Brazil
12. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7005, Australia
13. School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
14. Department of Biodiversity, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaska 8, SI-6000 Koper, Slovenia
15. ASR Ltd., Marine Consulting and Research, Raglan 3225, New Zealand
16. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco CA 94118, USA
17. US Geological Survey, Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
18. Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
19. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
20. National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, PO Box 4321, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia
21. Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry (LOG), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
22. School of Biological Sciences, Moreton Bay Research Station, The University of Queensland, P.O. Box 138, Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland 4180 Australia
23. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, B.P. D5, 98848, Noumea, New Caledonia
24. Pacific Rim Conservation, Honolulu, HI, USA
25. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
26. TropWater, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia