Blar i forfatter "Eppe, Gauthier"

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    • Evaluation of meso- and microplastic ingestion by the northern fulmar through a non-lethal sampling method 

      Collard, France; Strøm, Hallvard; Fayet, Marie-Océane; Gudmundsson, Fannar Theyr; Herzke, Dorte; Hotvedt, Ådne; Løchen, Arja Katrina Lea Arnesen; Malherbe, Cédric; Eppe, Gauthier; Gabrielsen, Geir W. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-11)
      An increasing number of organisms from the polar regions are reported contaminated by plastic. Rarely a nonkilling sampling method is used. In this study we wanted to assess plastic levels using stomach flushing and evaluate the method suitability for further research and monitoring. The stomach of 22 fulmars from Bjørnøya, Svalbard, were flushed with water in the field. On return to the laboratory, ...

    • First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea 

      Pinzone, Marianna; Nordøy, Erling Sverre; Eppe, Gauthier; Malherbe, Cédric; Das, Krishna; Collard, France (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-14)
      Plastic 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 ...