Plastic additives and legacy persistent organic pollutants in the preen gland oil of seabirds sampled across the globe

• Published in: Environmental Monitoring and Contaminants Research
• Main Authors: Yamashita, R, Hiki, N, Kashiwada, F, Takada, H, Mizukawa, K, Hardesty, BD, Roman, L, Hyrenbach, D, Ryan, PG, Dilley, BJ, Munoz-Perez, JP, Valle, CA, Pham, CK, Frias, J, Nishizawa, B, Takahashi, A, Thiebot, J-B, Will, A, Kokubun, N, Watanabe, YY, Yamamoto, T, Shiomi, K, Shimabukuro, U, Watanuki, Y
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Kluwer Academic Publ 2021
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Pollution and contamination; Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classified; Gough; Marion Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5985/emcr.20210009; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/147105

Plastic pollution, and its associated impacts on marine fauna due to chemical contamination, is an area of growing global concern. We analyzed 145 preen gland oil samples from 32 seabird species belonging to 8 families with different foraging habits and life history strategies from around the world...