Trophic transfer of microplastics in Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-Crested Cormorants) and fish in Lake Champlain

• Main Authors: Bullis, Kathleen, Stewart, James, Walrath, Joshua, Putnam, Alexandra, Hammer, Chad, VanBrocklin, Hope, Buska, Brandon, Clune, Alexis, Garneau, Danielle
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: microplastics; trophic transfer; double-crested cormorants; fish; invertebrtates; fibers; Lake Champlain; Namaycush Lake; Atlantic salmon; Cottus cognatus; Salmo salar; Slimy sculpin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1951/70371

The goal of this research was to determine whether microplastics (MP) result in trophic transfer within invertebrates, fish, and Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested Cormorants) resident to Lake Champlain. We did so by quantifying and characterizing (e.g., fragment, fiber, film, foam, pellet) plast...