Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 116, Issue 1-2, Pages 517-520Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.11.051
Keywords
Pollution; Marine birds; Foraging guild; Debris; Plastic
Funding
- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Acadia University [48-0-504807]
- Northern Contaminants Program [58-0-205554]
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Plastic debris has become a major pollutant in the world's oceans and is found in many seabird species from low to high latitudes. Here we compare levels of plastic ingestion from two surface feeders, northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) and black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), and two pursuit diving species, thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia) and black guillemots (Cepphus grylle) in the Canadian high Arctic. This is the first report quantifying plastic ingestion in kittiwakes in this region, and as predicted, kittiwakes and fulmars had higher frequency of plastic ingestion than guillemots and murres. Despite this, amounts of plastic ingested by birds remain lower than regions farther south. Crown Copyright (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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