Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea

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Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea

Jan A. van Franeker¹, Christine Blaize, Jóhannis Danielsen, Keith Fairclough, Jane Gollan, Nils Guse², Poul-Lindhard Hansen, Martin Heubeck³, Jens-Kjeld Jensen, Gilles Le Guillou, Bergur Olsen, Kåre-Olav Olsen, John Kim Pedersen, Eric Stienen⁴, Daniel M. Turner - Show less +11 more•Institutions (4)

Wageningen University and Research Centre¹, University of Kiel², University of Aberdeen³, Research Institute for Nature and Forest⁴

01 Oct 2011-Environmental Pollution (Elsevier)-Vol. 159, Iss: 10, pp 2609-2615

TL;DR: The abundance of plastics in stomachs of northern fulmars from the North Sea is used in the OSPAR Ecological Quality Objective (EcoQO) for marine litter and is now also used as an indicator for Good Environmental Status in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

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About: This article is published in Environmental Pollution.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 499 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Northern fulmar & Marine debris.

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Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: a review.

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Matthew Cole¹, P. Lindeque¹, Claudia Halsband², Tamara S. Galloway³•Institutions (3)

Plymouth Marine Laboratory¹, University of Tromsø², University of Exeter³

01 Dec 2011-Marine Pollution Bulletin

TL;DR: Ingestion of microplastics has been demonstrated in a range of marine organisms, a process which may facilitate the transfer of chemical additives or hydrophobic waterborne pollutants to biota.

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Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

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Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz¹, Lars Gutow², Richard C. Thompson³, Martin Thiel¹•Institutions (3)

Catholic University of the North¹, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research², University of Plymouth³

02 Mar 2012-Environmental Science & Technology

TL;DR: This review of 68 studies compares the methodologies used for the identification and quantification of microplastics from the marine environment and suggests standardized sampling procedures which allow the spatiotemporal comparison ofmicroplastic abundance across marine environments.

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Abstract: This review of 68 studies compares the methodologies used for the identification and quantification of microplastics from the marine environment. Three main sampling strategies were identified: selective, volume-reduced, and bulk sampling. Most sediment samples came from sandy beaches at the high tide line, and most seawater samples were taken at the sea surface using neuston nets. Four steps were distinguished during sample processing: density separation, filtration, sieving, and visual sorting of microplastics. Visual sorting was one of the most commonly used methods for the identification of microplastics (using type, shape, degradation stage, and color as criteria). Chemical and physical characteristics (e.g., specific density) were also used. The most reliable method to identify the chemical composition of microplastics is by infrared spectroscopy. Most studies reported that plastic fragments were polyethylene and polypropylene polymers. Units commonly used for abundance estimates are “items per m2” ...

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The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: a review.

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Stephanie L. Wright¹, Richard C. Thompson², Tamara S. Galloway¹•Institutions (2)

University of Exeter¹, University of Plymouth²

31 Jul 2013-Environmental Pollution

TL;DR: This review focuses on marine invertebrates and their susceptibility to the physical impacts of microplastic uptake and an assessment of the relative susceptibility of different feeding guilds.

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...There is a wealth of literature regarding macroplastic ingestion in vertebrates (e.g. Denuncio et al., 2011; Laist, 1997; Lazar and Gracan, 2011; van Franeker et al., 2011; Yamashita et al., 2011), reporting global impacts including: internal and/or external abrasions and ulcers; and blockages of…...
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Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

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Matthew Cole¹, P. Lindeque¹, Elaine S. Fileman¹, Claudia Halsband², Rhys M. Goodhead³, Julian Moger³, Tamara S. Galloway³ - Show less +3 more•Institutions (3)

Plymouth Marine Laboratory¹, University of Tromsø², University of Exeter³

06 Jun 2013-Environmental Science & Technology

TL;DR: It is shown that microplastics are ingested by, and may impact upon, zooplankton, and imply that marine microplastic debris can negatively impact upon zoopLankton function and health.

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Abstract: Small plastic detritus, termed “microplastics”, are a widespread and ubiquitous contaminant of marine ecosystems across the globe. Ingestion of microplastics by marine biota, including mussels, worms, fish, and seabirds, has been widely reported, but despite their vital ecological role in marine food-webs, the impact of microplastics on zooplankton remains under-researched. Here, we show that microplastics are ingested by, and may impact upon, zooplankton. We used bioimaging techniques to document ingestion, egestion, and adherence of microplastics in a range of zooplankton common to the northeast Atlantic, and employed feeding rate studies to determine the impact of plastic detritus on algal ingestion rates in copepods. Using fluorescence and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy we identified that thirteen zooplankton taxa had the capacity to ingest 1.7–30.6 μm polystyrene beads, with uptake varying by taxa, life-stage and bead-size. Post-ingestion, copepods egested faecal pellets lade...

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Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption.

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Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe¹, Colin R. Janssen¹•Institutions (1)

Ghent University¹

01 Oct 2014-Environmental Pollution

TL;DR: The presence of marine microplastics in seafood could pose a threat to food safety, however, due to the complexity of estimating microplastic toxicity, estimations of the potential risks for human health posed by microplastically in food stuffs is not (yet) possible.

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...Plastic particles may be retained in the tissues (von Moos et al., 2012) and the circulatory system (Browne et al., 2008), or lodged in the digestive tract (vertebrates e.g. (Denuncio et al., 2011; Lazar and Gra can, 2011; van Franeker et al., 2011); invertebrates (Murray and Cowie, 2011))....
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