Plastic ingestion by fulmars and shearwaters at Sable Island,Nova Scotia,Canada |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom;2. MacArthur Green, 95 South Woodside Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom;3. Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada;1. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416, United States;2. Biology, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416, United States;1. Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil;2. Systems Ecology, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany;3. Physics & Earth Sciences, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany;4. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;1. Central Queensland University, School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Gladstone, Qld, Australia;2. Murdoch University, Biosecurity & Environmental Science, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch, WA, Australia;3. Macquarie University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie, NSW, Australia;1. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Marine & Freshwater Research Centre, Dublin Rd, Galway, Ireland;2. Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation, Merchants Quay, Kilrush, Co. Clare, Ireland;3. BirdWatch Ireland, Unit 20, Block D, Bullford Business Campus, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow, Ireland;1. MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal;2. Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza, IP-RAM, Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Recursos Naturais, Quinta Vila Passos – Rua Alferes Veiga Pestana 15. 9054 – 505 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | Plastic pollution is widespread in the marine environment, and plastic ingestion by seabirds is now widely reported for dozens of species. Beached Northern Fulmars, Great Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwaters and Cory’s Shearwaters are found on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada regularly, and they can be used to assess plastic pollution. All species except Cory’s Shearwaters contained plastic debris in their gastrointestinal tracts. Northern Fulmars, Sooty Shearwaters and Great Shearwaters all showed high prevalence of plastic ingestion (>72%), with Northern Fulmars having the highest number and mass of plastics among the species examined. There was no difference in plastic ingestion between sexes or age classes. In all species user plastics made up the majority of the pieces found, with industrial pellets representing only a small proportion in the samples. Sable Island could be an important monitoring site for plastic pollution in Atlantic Canada. |
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| Keywords: | Cory’s Shearwater Great Shearwater Northern Fulmar Sooty Shearwater |
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