| one publication added to basket [203721] | Plastic particle pollution: Accumulation by procellariiform seabirds at Scottish colonies
Furness, R.W. (1985). Plastic particle pollution: Accumulation by procellariiform seabirds at Scottish colonies. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 16(3): 103-106
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Macmillan: London. ISSN 0025-326X; e-ISSN 1879-3363, more
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| Keywords |
Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Aquatic birds > Marine birds
Biological phenomena > Accumulation > Bioaccumulation
Ingestion
Materials > Particles
Materials > Plastics
Pollutants > Solid impurities > Plastic debris
Pollution > Water pollution > Marine pollution
Stomach content
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) [WoRMS]; Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764) [WoRMS]
British Isles, Scotland [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
Plastic particles were found in the gizzards of Leach's petrels, Manx shearwaters and fulmars from Scottish colonies, but were not found in 21 British storm petrels. Fulmars ingested larger particles than did Leach's petrels. The volume of plastic was equivalent to 59% of relaxed gizzard volume in most contaminated bird, but only equivocal statistical evidence for an influence of ingested plastic on body mass could be obtained. |
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