Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic
Marine birds have been found to ingest plastic debris in many of the world’s oceans. Plastic accumulation data from necropsies findings and regurgitation studies are presented on 13 species of marine birds in the North Atlantic, from Georgia, USA to Nunavut, Canada and east to southwest Greenland an...
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ftuhipublicatio:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/25f4324c-a000-4ca2-9c48-a901b0b92994 2024-06-23T07:52:54+00:00 Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic Provencher, Jennifer F. Bond, Alexander L. Hedd, April Montevecchi, William A. Muzaffar, Sabir Bin Courchesne, Sarah J. Gilchrist, H. Grant Jamieson, Sarah E. Merkel, Flemming R. Falk, Knud Durinck, Jan Mallory, Mark L. 2014-07-01 https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/25f4324c-a000-4ca2-9c48-a901b0b92994 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.044 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025326X14002707 eng eng https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/25f4324c-a000-4ca2-9c48-a901b0b92994 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Provencher , J F , Bond , A L , Hedd , A , Montevecchi , W A , Muzaffar , S B , Courchesne , S J , Gilchrist , H G , Jamieson , S E , Merkel , F R , Falk , K , Durinck , J & Mallory , M L 2014 , ' Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic ' , Marine Pollution Bulletin , vol. 84 , no. 1-2 , pp. 411-417 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.044 article 2014 ftuhipublicatio https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.044 2024-06-03T23:48:37Z Marine birds have been found to ingest plastic debris in many of the world’s oceans. Plastic accumulation data from necropsies findings and regurgitation studies are presented on 13 species of marine birds in the North Atlantic, from Georgia, USA to Nunavut, Canada and east to southwest Greenland and the Norwegian Sea. Of the species examined, the two surface plungers (great shearwaters Puffinus gravis; northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis) had the highest prevalence of ingested plastic (71% and 51%, respectively). Great shearwaters also had the most pieces of plastics in their stomachs, with some individuals containing as many of 36 items. Seven species contained no evidence of plastic debris. Reporting of baseline data as done here is needed to ensure that data are available for marine birds over time and space scales in which we see changes in historical debris patterns in marine environments (i.e. decades) and among oceanographic regions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fulmarus glacialis Greenland North Atlantic Norwegian Sea Nunavut University of the Highlands and Islands: Research Database of UHI Canada Greenland Norwegian Sea Nunavut Marine Pollution Bulletin 84 1-2 411 417 |
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Marine birds have been found to ingest plastic debris in many of the world’s oceans. Plastic accumulation data from necropsies findings and regurgitation studies are presented on 13 species of marine birds in the North Atlantic, from Georgia, USA to Nunavut, Canada and east to southwest Greenland and the Norwegian Sea. Of the species examined, the two surface plungers (great shearwaters Puffinus gravis; northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis) had the highest prevalence of ingested plastic (71% and 51%, respectively). Great shearwaters also had the most pieces of plastics in their stomachs, with some individuals containing as many of 36 items. Seven species contained no evidence of plastic debris. Reporting of baseline data as done here is needed to ensure that data are available for marine birds over time and space scales in which we see changes in historical debris patterns in marine environments (i.e. decades) and among oceanographic regions. |
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Provencher, Jennifer F. Bond, Alexander L. Hedd, April Montevecchi, William A. Muzaffar, Sabir Bin Courchesne, Sarah J. Gilchrist, H. Grant Jamieson, Sarah E. Merkel, Flemming R. Falk, Knud Durinck, Jan Mallory, Mark L. |
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Provencher, Jennifer F. Bond, Alexander L. Hedd, April Montevecchi, William A. Muzaffar, Sabir Bin Courchesne, Sarah J. Gilchrist, H. Grant Jamieson, Sarah E. Merkel, Flemming R. Falk, Knud Durinck, Jan Mallory, Mark L. Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic |
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Provencher, Jennifer F. Bond, Alexander L. Hedd, April Montevecchi, William A. Muzaffar, Sabir Bin Courchesne, Sarah J. Gilchrist, H. Grant Jamieson, Sarah E. Merkel, Flemming R. Falk, Knud Durinck, Jan Mallory, Mark L. |
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Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic |
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Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic |
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Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic |
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Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic |
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Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic |
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prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the north atlantic |
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https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/25f4324c-a000-4ca2-9c48-a901b0b92994 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.044 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025326X14002707 |
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Provencher , J F , Bond , A L , Hedd , A , Montevecchi , W A , Muzaffar , S B , Courchesne , S J , Gilchrist , H G , Jamieson , S E , Merkel , F R , Falk , K , Durinck , J & Mallory , M L 2014 , ' Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic ' , Marine Pollution Bulletin , vol. 84 , no. 1-2 , pp. 411-417 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.044 |
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