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Alexander L. Bond, Jennifer F. Provencher, Pierre-Yves Daoust, Zoe N.\nLucas, Plastic ingestion by fulmars and shearwaters at Sable Island,\nNova Scotia, Canada, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 87, Issues 1?2,\n15 October 2014, Pages 68-75, ISSN 0025-326X,\nhttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpolbul.2014.08.010<\/a>.\n(http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14005402<\/a>)\nAbstract: Plastic pollution is widespread in the marine environment, and\nplastic ingestion by seabirds is now widely reported for dozens of\nspecies. Beached Northern Fulmars, Great Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwaters\nand Cory?s Shearwaters are found on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada\nregularly, and they can be used to assess plastic pollution. All species\nexcept Cory?s Shearwaters contained plastic debris in their\ngastrointestinal tracts. Northern Fulmars, Sooty Shearwaters and Great\nShearwaters all showed high prevalence of plastic ingestion (>72%), with\nNorthern Fulmars having the highest number and mass of plastics among\nthe species examined. There was no difference in plastic ingestion\nbetween sexes or age classes. In all species user plastics made up the\nmajority of the pieces found, with industrial pellets representing only\na small proportion in the samples. Sable Island could be an important\nmonitoring site for plastic pollution in Atlantic Canada.\nKeywords: Cory?s Shearwater; Fulmarus glacialis; Great Shearwater;\nNorthern Fulmar; Puffinus; Sooty Shearwater<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alexander L. Bond, Jennifer F. Provencher, Pierre-Yves Daoust, Zoe N. Lucas, Plastic ingestion by fulmars and shearwaters at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 87, Issues 1?2, 15 October 2014, Pages 68-75, ISSN 0025-326X, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.marpolbul.2014.08.010. (http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14005402) 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. Keywords: Cory?s Shearwater; Fulmarus glacialis; Great Shearwater; Northern Fulmar; Puffinus; Sooty Shearwater<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3600,3423,3474],"tags":[1587],"yoast_head":"\nPlastic ingestion by fulmars and shearwaters at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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(http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X14005402) 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. 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