First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea
Plastic debris is globally found around the world and the remote Arctic is no exception. Arctic true seals are sentinel species of marine pollution and represent the link between marine food webs and Arctic apex predators like polar bears and humans. With regard to true seals, ingested macroplastics...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/22152 2023-05-15T14:34:36+02:00 First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea Pinzone, Marianna Nordøy, Erling Sverre Eppe, Gauthier Malherbe, Cédric Das, Krishna Collard, France 2021-04-14 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22152 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112350 eng eng Elsevier Marine Pollution Bulletin Pinzone, Nordøy, Eppe, Malherbe, Das, Collard. First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2021;167 FRIDAID 1926740 doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112350 0025-326X 1879-3363 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22152 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112350 2021-08-25T22:53:41Z Plastic debris is globally found around the world and the remote Arctic is no exception. Arctic true seals are sentinel species of marine pollution and represent the link between marine food webs and Arctic apex predators like polar bears and humans. With regard to true seals, ingested macroplastics have never been reported in an Arctic species. We harvested 10 harp seals Pagophilus groenlandicus and 8 hooded seals Cystophora cristata from the breeding grounds in the pack ice of the Greenland Sea. The digestive tract was inspected exclusively for the presence of macroplastics (>5 mm). Two pieces of single-use plastic were found in the stomach of a weaned hooded seal pup. This study indicates that young Arctic marine predators may ingest macroplastics, and therefore may be at risk during their early stages of life due to human caused plastic pollution even in the remote Arctic pack ice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Cystophora cristata Greenland Greenland Sea hooded seal Pagophilus groenlandicus University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Greenland Marine Pollution Bulletin 167 112350 |
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VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Pinzone, Marianna Nordøy, Erling Sverre Eppe, Gauthier Malherbe, Cédric Das, Krishna Collard, France First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea |
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Plastic debris is globally found around the world and the remote Arctic is no exception. Arctic true seals are sentinel species of marine pollution and represent the link between marine food webs and Arctic apex predators like polar bears and humans. With regard to true seals, ingested macroplastics have never been reported in an Arctic species. We harvested 10 harp seals Pagophilus groenlandicus and 8 hooded seals Cystophora cristata from the breeding grounds in the pack ice of the Greenland Sea. The digestive tract was inspected exclusively for the presence of macroplastics (>5 mm). Two pieces of single-use plastic were found in the stomach of a weaned hooded seal pup. This study indicates that young Arctic marine predators may ingest macroplastics, and therefore may be at risk during their early stages of life due to human caused plastic pollution even in the remote Arctic pack ice. |
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Pinzone, Marianna Nordøy, Erling Sverre Eppe, Gauthier Malherbe, Cédric Das, Krishna Collard, France |
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Pinzone, Marianna Nordøy, Erling Sverre Eppe, Gauthier Malherbe, Cédric Das, Krishna Collard, France |
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First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea |
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First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea |
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First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea |
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First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea |
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First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea |
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first record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the greenland sea |
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Marine Pollution Bulletin Pinzone, Nordøy, Eppe, Malherbe, Das, Collard. First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2021;167 FRIDAID 1926740 doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112350 0025-326X 1879-3363 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22152 |
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