Birds of a Feather Eat Plastic Together: High Levels of Plastic Ingestion in Great Shearwater Adults and Juveniles Across Their Annual Migratory Cycle

Birds of a Feather Eat Plastic Together: High Levels of Plastic Ingestion in Great Shearwater Adults and Juveniles Across Their Annual Migratory Cycle

Limited work to date has examined plastic ingestion in highly migratory seabirds like Great Shearwaters (Ardenna gravis) across their entire migratory range. We examined 217 Great Shearwaters obtained from 2008–2019 at multiple locations spanning their yearly migration cycle across the Northwest and...

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Main Authors: Anna R. Robuck, Christine A. Hudak, Lindsay Agvent, Gwenyth Emery, Peter G. Ryan, Vonica Perold, Kevin D. Powers, Johanna Pedersen, Michael A. Thompson, Justin J. Suca, Michael J. Moore, Craig A. Harms, Leandro Bugoni, Gina Shield, Trevor Glass, David N. Wiley, Rainer Lohmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Ardenna gravis
migration
pollution
shearwaters
marine debris
microplastic
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.719721/full

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