First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Pinzone, Marianna, Nordoy, Erling S., Eppe, Gauthier, Malherbe, Cédric, Das, Krishna, Collard, France
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Wildlife toxicology; Pagophilus groenlandicus; FTIR; Cystophora cristata; Macroplastic; Pinnipeds; Arctic; Life sciences; Environmental sciences & ecology; Aquatic sciences & oceanology; Sciences du vivant; Sciences de l’environnement & écologie; Sciences aquatiques & océanologie; Greenland; Greenland Sea; hooded seal
• Online Access: https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/260960; https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/260960/1/2021%20MPB%20167%20Pinzone%20Collard.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112350

peer reviewed We found plastic debris in the stomach of an Arctic seal pup for the first time. Debris consisted of two pieces of light single-use plastic. Newborns of Arctic seals are at risk of exposure to plastic directly after weaning. Ecotoxicological investigations of plastic exposure to Arctic wildlife are needed.