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dc.contributor.authorPinzone, Marianna
dc.contributor.authorNordøy, Erling Sverre
dc.contributor.authorEppe, Gauthier
dc.contributor.authorMalherbe, Cédric
dc.contributor.authorDas, Krishna
dc.contributor.authorCollard, France
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-19T12:09:16Z
dc.date.available2021-08-19T12:09:16Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-14
dc.description.abstractPlastic debris is globally found around the world and the remote Arctic is no exception. Arctic true seals are sentinel species of marine pollution and represent the link between marine food webs and Arctic apex predators like polar bears and humans. With regard to true seals, ingested macroplastics have never been reported in an Arctic species. We harvested 10 harp seals Pagophilus groenlandicus and 8 hooded seals Cystophora cristata from the breeding grounds in the pack ice of the Greenland Sea. The digestive tract was inspected exclusively for the presence of macroplastics (>5 mm). Two pieces of single-use plastic were found in the stomach of a weaned hooded seal pup. This study indicates that young Arctic marine predators may ingest macroplastics, and therefore may be at risk during their early stages of life due to human caused plastic pollution even in the remote Arctic pack ice.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPinzone, Nordøy, Eppe, Malherbe, Das, Collard. First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2021;167en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1926740
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112350
dc.identifier.issn0025-326X
dc.identifier.issn1879-3363
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/22152
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.titleFirst record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Seaen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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