Negligible Impact of Ingested Microplastics on Tissue Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Northern Fulmars off Coastal Norway

• Published in: Environmental Science & Technology
• Main Authors: Herzke, D., Anker-Nilssen, T., Haughdahl, T., Nøst, T., Götsch, A., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Langset, M., Fangel, K., Koelmans, A.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Life Science; Fulmar; Norway; Fulmarus glacialis; North East Atlantic; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/negligible-impact-of-ingested-microplastics-on-tissue-concentrati; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04663

The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is defined as an indicator species of plastic pollution by the Oslo-Paris Convention for the North-East Atlantic, but few data exist for fulmars from Norway. Moreover, the relationship between uptake of plastic and pollutants in seabirds is poorly understood....