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dc.contributor.authorCollard, France
dc.contributor.authorBenjaminsen, Stine Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorHerzke, Dorte
dc.contributor.authorHusabø, Eirin
dc.contributor.authorSagerup, Kjetil
dc.contributor.authorTulatz, Felix
dc.contributor.authorGabrielsen, Geir W.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T13:36:23Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T13:36:23Z
dc.date.issued2024-04-11
dc.description.abstractPlastic pollution threatens many organisms around the world. In particular, the northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, is known to ingest high quantities of plastics. Since data are sparse in the Eurasian Arctic, we investigated plastic burdens in the stomachs of fulmar fledglings from Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Fifteen birds were collected and only particles larger than 1 mm were extracted, characterised and analysed with Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy. All birds ingested plastic. In total, 683 plastic particles were found, with an average of 46 ± 40 SD items per bird. The most common shape, colour and polymer were hard fragment, white, and polyethylene, respectively. Microplastics ( 5 mm). This study confirms high numbers of ingested plastics in fulmar fledglings from Svalbard and suggests that fulmar fledglings may be suitable for temporal monitoring of plastic pollution, avoiding potential biases caused by age composition or breeding state.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCollard, Benjaminsen, Herzke, Husabø, Sagerup, Tulatz, Gabrielsen. Life starts with plastic: High occurrence of plastic pieces in fledglings of northern fulmars. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2024;202en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2263445
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116365
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.issn1879-3363
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/33785
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 327623en_US
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 275172en_US
dc.relation.projectIDFramsenteret: PA072018en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleLife starts with plastic: High occurrence of plastic pieces in fledglings of northern fulmarsen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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