Characterising the plastics ingested by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) across the north-east Atlantic Ocean

• Main Author: Ask, Amalie Vigdel
• Other Authors: Gabrielsen, Geir Wing, Lillo, Cathrine
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stavanger, Norway 2019
• Subjects: biological chemistry; marine plastics; FTIR spectroscopy; northern fulmar; polymers; biokjemi; plastforurensing; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Basic biosciences: 470::Biochemistry: 476; Svalbard; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Fulmar; East Greenland; Fulmarus glacialis; greenlandic; Iceland; North East Atlantic; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2623717

Master's thesis in Biological chemistry Marine plastic pollution affects a myriad of species across the world. The interactions between wildlife and marine plastics can be broadly categorised as either entanglement or ingestion of plastics. Seabirds, and especially Procellariiformes, have been...