Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea
The abundance of plastics in stomachs of northern fulmars from the North Sea is used in the OSPAR Ecological Quality Objective (EcoQO) for marine litter. The preliminary EcoQO defines acceptable ecological quality as the situation where no more than 10% of fulmars exceed a critical level of 0.1 g of...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/410281 2024-01-14T10:06:56+01:00 Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea van Franeker, J.A. Blaize, C. Danielsen, J. 2011 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/monitoring-plastic-ingestion-by-the-northern-fulmar-fulmarus-glac https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008 en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/179788 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/monitoring-plastic-ingestion-by-the-northern-fulmar-fulmarus-glac doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Wageningen University & Research Environmental Pollution 159 (2011) 10 ISSN: 0269-7491 atlantic debris lost marine-environment particles pollution seabirds transport info:eu-repo/semantics/article Article/Letter to editor info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2011 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008 2023-12-20T23:18:52Z The abundance of plastics in stomachs of northern fulmars from the North Sea is used in the OSPAR Ecological Quality Objective (EcoQO) for marine litter. The preliminary EcoQO defines acceptable ecological quality as the situation where no more than 10% of fulmars exceed a critical level of 0.1 g of plastic in the stomach. During 2003–2007, 95% of 1295 fulmars sampled in the North Sea had plastic in the stomach (on average 35 pieces weighing 0.31 g) and the critical level of 0.1 g of plastic was exceeded by 58% of birds, with regional variations ranging from 48 to 78%. Long term data for the Netherlands since the 1980s show a decrease of industrial, but an increase of user plastics, with shipping and fisheries as the main sources. The EcoQO is now also used as an indicator for Good Environmental Status in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive Article in Journal/Newspaper Fulmarus glacialis Northern Fulmar Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Fulmar ENVELOPE(-46.016,-46.016,-60.616,-60.616) Environmental Pollution 159 10 2609 2615 |
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The abundance of plastics in stomachs of northern fulmars from the North Sea is used in the OSPAR Ecological Quality Objective (EcoQO) for marine litter. The preliminary EcoQO defines acceptable ecological quality as the situation where no more than 10% of fulmars exceed a critical level of 0.1 g of plastic in the stomach. During 2003–2007, 95% of 1295 fulmars sampled in the North Sea had plastic in the stomach (on average 35 pieces weighing 0.31 g) and the critical level of 0.1 g of plastic was exceeded by 58% of birds, with regional variations ranging from 48 to 78%. Long term data for the Netherlands since the 1980s show a decrease of industrial, but an increase of user plastics, with shipping and fisheries as the main sources. The EcoQO is now also used as an indicator for Good Environmental Status in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive |
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Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea |
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Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea |
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Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea |
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Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea |
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Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea |
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monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar fulmarus glacialis in the north sea |
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