New tools to evaluate plastic ingestion by northern fulmars applied to North Sea monitoring data 2002–2018

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: van Franeker, J.A., Kühn, S., Anker-Nilssen, T., Edwards, E.W.J., Gallien, F., Guse, N., Kakkonen, J.E., Mallory, M.L., Miles, W., Olsen, K.O., Pedersen, J., Provencher, J., Roos, M., Stienen, E., Turner, D.M., van Loon, W.M.G.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Fulmarus glacialis; Arctic; Fulmar
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/359809.pdf

Monitoring plastic in stomachs of beached northern fulmars for OSPAR's Ecological Quality Objectives (EcoQOs) has been incorporated into the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This paper aims to provide the appropriate tools to interpret the monitoring results. MSFD requires a...