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dc.contributor.authorTulatz, Felix
dc.contributor.authorGabrielsen, Geir Wing
dc.contributor.authorBourgeon, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorHerzke, Dorte
dc.contributor.authorKrapp, Rupert
dc.contributor.authorLangset, Magdalene
dc.contributor.authorNeumann, Svenja
dc.contributor.authorLippold, Anna
dc.contributor.authorCollard, France
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-11T11:03:19Z
dc.date.available2023-04-11T11:03:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-22
dc.description.abstractProcellariiform seabirds like northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) are prone to ingest and accumulate floating plastic pieces. In the North Sea region, there is a long tradition to use beached fulmars as biomonitors for marine plastic pollution. Monitoring data revealed consistently lower plastic burdens in adult fulmars compared to younger age classes. Those findings were hypothesized to partly result from parental transfer of plastic to chicks. However, no prior study has examined this mechanism in fulmars by comparing plastic burdens in fledglings and older fulmars shortly after the chick-rearing period. Therefore, we investigated plastic ingestion in 39 fulmars from Kongsfjorden (Svalbard), including 21 fledglings and 18 older fulmars (adults/older immatures). We found that fledglings (50–60 days old) had significantly more plastic than older fulmars. While plastic was found in all fledglings, two older fulmars contained no and several older individuals barely any plastic. These findings supported that fulmar chicks from Svalbard get fed high quantities of plastic by their parents. Adverse effects of plastic on fulmars were indicated by one fragment that perforated the stomach and possibly one thread perforating the intestine. Negative correlations between plastic mass and body fat in fledglings and older fulmars were not significant.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTulatz, Gabrielsen, Bourgeon, Herzke, Krapp, Langset, Neumann S, Lippold, Collard. Implications of Regurgitative Feeding on Plastic Loads in Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis): A Study from Svalbard. Environmental Science and Technology. 2023;57:3562-3570en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2128489
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acs.est.2c05617
dc.identifier.issn0013-936X
dc.identifier.issn1520-5851
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/28944
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherACS Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.journalEnvironmental Science and Technology
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleImplications of Regurgitative Feeding on Plastic Loads in Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis): A Study from Svalbarden_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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