Plastic pollution in the Labrador Sea: An assessment using the seabird northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis as a biological monitoring species

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Avery-Gomm, Stephanie, Provencher, Jennifer F., Liboiron, Max, Poon, Florence E., Smith, Paul A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Labrador Sea; Monitoring; Northern fulmar; Plastic ingestion; Plastic pollution; Seabird; 1104 Aquatic Science; 1910 Oceanography; 2310 Pollution; Arctic; Fulmar; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:690650/thumbnail_UQ690650_OA_t.jpg; https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:690650/UQ690650_OA.pdf; https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:690650

Plastic is now one among one of the most pervasive pollutants on the planet, and ocean circulation models predict that the Arctic will become another accumulation zone. As solutions to address marine plastic emerge, is essential that baselines are available to monitor progress towards targets. The n...