First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Arctic wildlife is facing multiple stressors, including increasing plastic pollution. Seabirds are intrinsic to marine ecosystems, but most seabird populations are declining. We lack knowledge on plastic ingestion in many arctic seabird species, and there is an urgent need for more information to en...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/25147 2023-05-15T14:24:50+02:00 First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) Benjaminsen, Stine Charlotte Bourgeon, Sophie Herzke, Dorte Ask, Amalie Collard, France Gabrielsen, Geir Wing 2022-04-20 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25147 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155340 eng eng Elsevier Science of the Total Environment Benjaminsen, Bourgeon, Herzke, Ask, Collard, Gabrielsen. First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus). Science of the Total Environment. 2022;834 FRIDAID 2024787 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155340 0048-9697 1879-1026 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25147 openAccess Copyright 2022 The Author(s) Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2022 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155340 2022-05-18T23:02:56Z Arctic wildlife is facing multiple stressors, including increasing plastic pollution. Seabirds are intrinsic to marine ecosystems, but most seabird populations are declining. We lack knowledge on plastic ingestion in many arctic seabird species, and there is an urgent need for more information to enable risk assessment and monitoring. Our study aimed to investigate the occurrence of plastics in glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) breeding on Svalbard. The glaucous gull is a sentinel species for the health of the arctic marine ecosystem, but there have been no studies investigating plastic occurrence in this species since 1994. As a surface feeder and generalist living in an area with high human activity on Svalbard, we expected to find plastic in its stomach. We investigated for plastic >1 mm and documented plastic ingestion for the first time in glaucous gulls, with a frequency of occurrence of 14.3% (n = 21). The plastics were all identified as user plastics and consisted of polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS). Our study provides new quantitative and qualitative data on plastic burden and polymer type reported in a standardized manner establishing a reference point for future research and monitoring of arctic gulls on national and international levels. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Svalbard University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Svalbard Science of The Total Environment 834 155340 |
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Arctic wildlife is facing multiple stressors, including increasing plastic pollution. Seabirds are intrinsic to marine ecosystems, but most seabird populations are declining. We lack knowledge on plastic ingestion in many arctic seabird species, and there is an urgent need for more information to enable risk assessment and monitoring. Our study aimed to investigate the occurrence of plastics in glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) breeding on Svalbard. The glaucous gull is a sentinel species for the health of the arctic marine ecosystem, but there have been no studies investigating plastic occurrence in this species since 1994. As a surface feeder and generalist living in an area with high human activity on Svalbard, we expected to find plastic in its stomach. We investigated for plastic >1 mm and documented plastic ingestion for the first time in glaucous gulls, with a frequency of occurrence of 14.3% (n = 21). The plastics were all identified as user plastics and consisted of polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS). Our study provides new quantitative and qualitative data on plastic burden and polymer type reported in a standardized manner establishing a reference point for future research and monitoring of arctic gulls on national and international levels. |
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Benjaminsen, Stine Charlotte Bourgeon, Sophie Herzke, Dorte Ask, Amalie Collard, France Gabrielsen, Geir Wing First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
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Benjaminsen, Stine Charlotte Bourgeon, Sophie Herzke, Dorte Ask, Amalie Collard, France Gabrielsen, Geir Wing |
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First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
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First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
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First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
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First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
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First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
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first documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (larus hyperboreus) |
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Science of the Total Environment Benjaminsen, Bourgeon, Herzke, Ask, Collard, Gabrielsen. First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus). Science of the Total Environment. 2022;834 FRIDAID 2024787 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155340 0048-9697 1879-1026 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25147 |
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