No evidence of microplastic ingestion in emperor penguin chicks (Aptenodytes forsteri) from the Atka Bay colony (Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica)

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Leistenschneider, Clara, Le Bohec, Céline, Eisen, Olaf, Houstin, Aymeric, Neff, Simon, Primpke, Sebastian, Zitterbart, Daniel P, Burkhardt-Holm, Patricia, Gerdts, Gunnar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier BV 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Atka; Austral; Dronning Maud Land; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57025/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57025/1/1-s2.0-S0048969722054134-main.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.55559370-b360-4013-8517-07b6fd947455

Microplastic (<5 mm; MP) pollution has been an emerging threat for marine ecosystems around the globe with increasing evidence that even the world's most remote areas, including Antarctica, are no longer unaffected. Few studies however, have examined MP in Antarctic biota, and especially tho...