Details of plastic ingestion and fibre contamination in North Sea fishes

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Kuhn, Susanne, van Franeker, Jan A., O'Donoghue, Anastasia M., Swiers, Ailynn, Starkenburg, Marrit, van Werven, Bernike, Foekema, Edwin, Hermsen, Enya, Egelkraut-Holtus, Marion, Lindeboom, Han
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Fulmar Fulmarus-Glacialis; Microplastic Ingestion; Trophic Transfer; Demersal Fish; Low Numbers; Organisms; Atlantic; Food; Extraction; Morphology; Fulmar; Fulmarus glacialis
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3f629b9

This study combines published datasets with unpublished data on plastic ingestion in several North Sea fish species. The combined dataset of 4389 individuals from 15 species allows the analysis of spatial distribution and temporal variability of plastic uptake in fish. Airborne fibre contamination w...