An assessment of microplastics in fecal samples from polar bears (<i>Ursus maritimus</i>) in Canada’s North

An assessment of microplastics in fecal samples from polar bears (<i>Ursus maritimus</i>) in Canada’s North

We assessed the potential for plastic ingestion in polar bears (Ursus maritimus (Phipps (1774)) using fecal analysis. Two methods studies ensured our protocols could effectively recover and identify plastics in feces. First, microplastics (film, foam, or fragments) were intentionally introduced into...

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Main Authors: P.U. Iyare, H.L. Vanderlip, M. Dias, Jennifer F. Provencher, Shan Zou, S.C. Lougheed, P.V.C. de Groot, Graham Whitelaw, Marsha Branigan, Markus Dyck, Diane Michelle Orihel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024-02-01
Series:Arctic Science
Online Access:https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/AS-2023-0060

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