No evidence of microplastic ingestion in emperor penguin chicks (Aptenodytes forsteri) from the Atka Bay colony (Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica)

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Leistenschneider, Clara, Le Bohec, Céline, Eisen, Olaf, Houstin, Aymeric, Neff, Simon, Primpke, Sebastian, Zitterbart, Daniel P., Burkhardt-Holm, Patricia, Gerdts, Gunner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Atka; Austral; Dronning Maud Land; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://edoc.unibas.ch/92782/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158314

Microplastic (<5 mm; MP) pollution has been an emerging threat for marine ecosystems around the globe with increas-ing evidence that even the world's most remote areas, including Antarctica, are no longer unaffected. Few studies how-ever, have examined MP in Antarctic biota, and especially t...