Elevated levels of plastic ingestion in a high-Arctic seabird

• Main Authors: Trevail, A.M., Gabrielsen, G.W., Kuhn, S., van Franeker, J.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Life Science; Arctic; Fulmar; Svalbard; Fulmarus glacialis
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/elevated-levels-of-plastic-ingestion-in-a-high-arctic-seabird

Plastic pollution is of worldwide concern, however increases in international commercial activity in the Arctic are occurring without knowledge of the existing threat posted to the local marine environment by plastic litter. Here, we quantify plastic ingestion by northern fulmars, Fulmarus glacialis...