Seabirds and marine plastic debris in the northeastern Atlantic:A synthesis and recommendations for monitoring and research
Marine plastic pollution is an increasing, and global, environmental issue. Numerous marine species are affected by plastic debris through entanglement, nest incorporation, and ingestion, which can lead to lethal and sub-lethal impacts. However, in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, an area of interna...
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ftuhipublicatio:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/f193f9af-6ca6-40aa-9a8f-5ea79d41042d 2024-06-23T07:51:49+00:00 Seabirds and marine plastic debris in the northeastern Atlantic:A synthesis and recommendations for monitoring and research O'Hanlon, Nina Jayne James, Neil Masden, Elizabeth Bond, Alexander 2017-12-01 application/pdf https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/f193f9af-6ca6-40aa-9a8f-5ea79d41042d https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.101 https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/2417857/20170829_Seabird_and_Plastic_Accepted_Colour.pdf eng eng https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/f193f9af-6ca6-40aa-9a8f-5ea79d41042d info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess O'Hanlon , N J , James , N , Masden , E & Bond , A 2017 , ' Seabirds and marine plastic debris in the northeastern Atlantic : A synthesis and recommendations for monitoring and research ' , Environmental Pollution , vol. 231 , pp. 1291-1301 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.101 article 2017 ftuhipublicatio https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.101 2024-05-27T23:51:24Z Marine plastic pollution is an increasing, and global, environmental issue. Numerous marine species are affected by plastic debris through entanglement, nest incorporation, and ingestion, which can lead to lethal and sub-lethal impacts. However, in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, an area of international importance for seabirds, there has been little effort to date to assess information from studies of wildlife and plastic to better understand the spatiotemporal variation of how marine plastic affects different seabird species. To improve our understanding of seabirds and marine plastic in this region, we completed a synthesis of the published and grey literature to obtain information on all known documented cases of plastic ingestion and nest incorporation by this group. We found that of 69 seabird species that commonly occur in the northeastern Atlantic, 25 had evidence of ingesting plastic. However, data on plastic ingestion was available for only 49% of all species, with 74% of investigated species recorded ingesting plastic. We found only three published studies on nest incorporation, for the Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) and Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). For many species, sample sizes were small or not reported, and only 39% of studies were from the 21st century, whilst information from multiple countries and years was only available for 11 species. This indicates that we actually know very little about the current prevalence of plastic ingestion and nest incorporation for many species, several of them globally threatened. Furthermore, in the majority of studies, the metrics reported were inadequate to carry out robust comparisons among locations and species or perform meta-analyses. We recommend multi-jurisdictional collaboration to obtain a more comprehensive and current understanding of how marine plastic is affecting seabirds in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Black-legged Kittiwake rissa tridactyla University of the Highlands and Islands: Research Database of UHI Environmental Pollution 231 1291 1301 |
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Marine plastic pollution is an increasing, and global, environmental issue. Numerous marine species are affected by plastic debris through entanglement, nest incorporation, and ingestion, which can lead to lethal and sub-lethal impacts. However, in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, an area of international importance for seabirds, there has been little effort to date to assess information from studies of wildlife and plastic to better understand the spatiotemporal variation of how marine plastic affects different seabird species. To improve our understanding of seabirds and marine plastic in this region, we completed a synthesis of the published and grey literature to obtain information on all known documented cases of plastic ingestion and nest incorporation by this group. We found that of 69 seabird species that commonly occur in the northeastern Atlantic, 25 had evidence of ingesting plastic. However, data on plastic ingestion was available for only 49% of all species, with 74% of investigated species recorded ingesting plastic. We found only three published studies on nest incorporation, for the Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) and Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). For many species, sample sizes were small or not reported, and only 39% of studies were from the 21st century, whilst information from multiple countries and years was only available for 11 species. This indicates that we actually know very little about the current prevalence of plastic ingestion and nest incorporation for many species, several of them globally threatened. Furthermore, in the majority of studies, the metrics reported were inadequate to carry out robust comparisons among locations and species or perform meta-analyses. We recommend multi-jurisdictional collaboration to obtain a more comprehensive and current understanding of how marine plastic is affecting seabirds in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. |
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Seabirds and marine plastic debris in the northeastern Atlantic:A synthesis and recommendations for monitoring and research |
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Seabirds and marine plastic debris in the northeastern Atlantic:A synthesis and recommendations for monitoring and research |
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Seabirds and marine plastic debris in the northeastern Atlantic:A synthesis and recommendations for monitoring and research |
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