Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization
Plastic pollution has become one of the largest environmental challenges we currently face. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has listed it as a critical problem, comparable to climate change, demonstrating both the scale and degree of the environmental problem. Mortalities due to entang...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/510396 2024-04-28T08:19:23+00:00 Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization Provencher, Jennifer F. Bond, Alexander L. Avery-gomm, Stephanie Borrelle, Stephanie B. Bravo Rebolledo, Elisa L. Hammer, Sjúrður Kühn, Suse Lavers, Jennifer L. Mallory, Mark L. Trevail, Alice van Franeker, Jan A. 2017 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/quantifying-ingested-debris-in-marine-megafauna-a-review-and-reco https://doi.org/10.1039/C6AY02419J en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/400575 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/quantifying-ingested-debris-in-marine-megafauna-a-review-and-reco doi:10.1039/C6AY02419J https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wageningen University & Research Analytical Methods 9 (2017) 9 ISSN: 1759-9660 Life Science Article/Letter to editor 2017 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1039/C6AY02419J 2024-04-03T15:20:23Z Plastic pollution has become one of the largest environmental challenges we currently face. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has listed it as a critical problem, comparable to climate change, demonstrating both the scale and degree of the environmental problem. Mortalities due to entanglementin plastic fishing nets and bags have been reported for marine mammals, turtles and seabirds, and to date over 690 marine species have been reported to ingest plastics. The body of literature documenting plastic ingestion by marine megafauna (i.e. seabirds, turtles, fish and marine mammals) has grown rapidly over the last decade, and it is expected to continue grow as researchers explore the ecological impacts of marine pollution. Unfortunately, a cohesive approach by the scientific community to quantify plastic ingestion by wildlife is lacking, which is now hindering spatial and temporal comparisons between and among species/ organisms. Here, we discuss and propose standardized techniques, approaches and metrics for reporting debris ingestion that are applicable to most large marine vertebrates. As a case study, we examine how the use of standardized methods to report ingested debris in Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) has enabled long term and spatial trends in plastic pollution to be studied. Lastly, we outline standardized metric recommendations for reporting ingested plastics in marine megafauna, with the aim to harmonize the datathat are available to facilitate large-scale comparisons and meta-analyses of plastic accumulation in a variety of taxa. If standardized methods are adopted, future plastic ingestion research will be better able to inform questions related to the impacts of plastics across taxonomic, ecosystem and spatial scales. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fulmarus glacialis Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Analytical Methods 9 9 1454 1469 |
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Plastic pollution has become one of the largest environmental challenges we currently face. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has listed it as a critical problem, comparable to climate change, demonstrating both the scale and degree of the environmental problem. Mortalities due to entanglementin plastic fishing nets and bags have been reported for marine mammals, turtles and seabirds, and to date over 690 marine species have been reported to ingest plastics. The body of literature documenting plastic ingestion by marine megafauna (i.e. seabirds, turtles, fish and marine mammals) has grown rapidly over the last decade, and it is expected to continue grow as researchers explore the ecological impacts of marine pollution. Unfortunately, a cohesive approach by the scientific community to quantify plastic ingestion by wildlife is lacking, which is now hindering spatial and temporal comparisons between and among species/ organisms. Here, we discuss and propose standardized techniques, approaches and metrics for reporting debris ingestion that are applicable to most large marine vertebrates. As a case study, we examine how the use of standardized methods to report ingested debris in Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) has enabled long term and spatial trends in plastic pollution to be studied. Lastly, we outline standardized metric recommendations for reporting ingested plastics in marine megafauna, with the aim to harmonize the datathat are available to facilitate large-scale comparisons and meta-analyses of plastic accumulation in a variety of taxa. If standardized methods are adopted, future plastic ingestion research will be better able to inform questions related to the impacts of plastics across taxonomic, ecosystem and spatial scales. |
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Provencher, Jennifer F. Bond, Alexander L. Avery-gomm, Stephanie Borrelle, Stephanie B. Bravo Rebolledo, Elisa L. Hammer, Sjúrður Kühn, Suse Lavers, Jennifer L. Mallory, Mark L. Trevail, Alice van Franeker, Jan A. |
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Provencher, Jennifer F. Bond, Alexander L. Avery-gomm, Stephanie Borrelle, Stephanie B. Bravo Rebolledo, Elisa L. Hammer, Sjúrður Kühn, Suse Lavers, Jennifer L. Mallory, Mark L. Trevail, Alice van Franeker, Jan A. |
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Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization |
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Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization |
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Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization |
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Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization |
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Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization |
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quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization |
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