Life starts with plastic: High occurrence of plastic pieces in fledglings of northern fulmars.

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Collard, France, Benjaminsen, Stine C, Herzke, Dorte, Husabø, Eirin, Sagerup, Kjetil, Tulatz, Felix, Gabrielsen, Geir W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Early life stages; FTIR; Fulmarus glacialis; Microplastics; Particle size; Svalbard; Fulmar; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116365; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38608430

Plastic pollution threatens many organisms around the world. In particular, the northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, is known to ingest high quantities of plastics. Since data are sparse in the Eurasian Arctic, we investigated plastic burdens in the stomachs of fulmar fledglings from Kongsfjorden, S...