Regional differences in plastic ingestion among Southern Ocean fur seals and albatrosses

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Ryan, Peter G., De Bruyn, P.J. Nico, Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Marine debris; Arctocephalus; Diomedea; Thalassarche; Marion Island; Tristan da Cunha; Southern Ocean; Indian; Tristan; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53372; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.01.032

Weprovide data on regional differences in plastic ingestion for two Southern Ocean top predators: Arctocephalus fur seals and albatrosses (Diomedeidae). Fur seals breeding on Macquarie Island in the 1990s excreted small (mainly 2–5 mm) plastic fragments, probably derived secondarily from myctophid f...