Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 62, Issue 12, Pages 2845-2849Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.008
Keywords
Marine plastic debris; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); North Pacific Ocean; Plastic ingestion; Plastic contaminants; Short-tailed shearwater
Funding
- Fisheries Agency of Japan
- Ministry of Education and Culture of Japan [23310046]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23310046, 20241001] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We investigated the plastics ingested by short-tailed shearwaters, Puffinus tenuirostris, that were accidentally caught during experimental fishing in the North Pacific Ocean in 2003 and 2005. The mean mass of plastics found in the stomach was 0.23 g per bird (n = 99). Plastic mass did not correlate with body weight. Total PCB (sum of 24 congeners) concentrations in the abdominal adipose tissue of 12 birds ranged from 45 to 529 ng/g-lipid. Although total PCBs or higher-chlorinated congeners, the mass of ingested plastic correlated positively with concentrations of lower-chlorinated congeners. The effects of toxic chemicals present in plastic debris on bird physiology should be investigated. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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