Marine debris ingestion of green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, (Linnaeus, 1758) from the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates.

@article{Yaghmour2018MarineDI,
  title={Marine debris ingestion of green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, (Linnaeus, 1758) from the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates.},
  author={Fadi Yaghmour and Marwa Al Bousi and Brendan M. Whittington-Jones and John Pereira and Soledad Garc{\'i}a-Nu{\~n}ez and Jane A. Budd},
  journal={Marine pollution bulletin},
  year={2018},
  volume={135},
  pages={
          55-61
        }
}
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