Plastic ingestion, retention, and transport in animals from the eastern Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Bourdages, Madelaine Patricia Therese
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Guano; Fulmarus glacialis; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://curve.carleton.ca/4b505dfb-640b-4cb4-875a-31f90f976a7e; https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2020-14166; https://ocul-crl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_CRL/j2o5om/alma991022809478205153

Plastic and microplastic pollution has been recognized as a global concern. I aimed to assess the retention and transport of plastic pollution in the Canadian Arctic using two important animals from the Arctic ecosystem: seals and seabirds. First, I examined 142 seal stomachs from four communities i...