Arctic; Faroe Islands; Microplastic; Monitoring; Early life stages; Chick; Dechlorane; PBDEs; Plastic pollution
Abstract :
[en] Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) are a pelagic seabird species distributed at northern and polar latitudes. They are often used as an indicator of plastic pollution in the North Sea region, but data are lacking from higher latitudes, especially when it comes to chicks. Here, we investigated amounts of ingested plastic and their characteristics in fulmar chicks from the Faroe Islands. Plastic particles (≥1 mm) in chicks of two age classes were searched using a digestion method with KOH. In addition, to evaluate if additive tissue burden reflects plastic ingestion, we measured liver tissue concentrations of two pollutant classes associated with plastic materials: polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and several dechloranes, using gas chromatography with high-resolution mass spectrometry. The most common shape was hard fragment (81%) and the most common polymer was polyethylene (73%). Plastic contamination did not differ between either age class, and we found no correlation between neither the amount and mass of plastic particles and the concentration of additives. After comparison with previous studies on adult fulmars, we do not recommend using chicks for biomonitoring adults because chicks seem to ingest more plastics than adults.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Collard, France ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Chimie analytique inorganique ; Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre for Climate and the Environment, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Leconte, Simon; Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Fram Centre for Climate and the Environment, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Danielsen, Jóhannis ; Faroe Marine Research Institute, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Halsband, Claudia; Akvaplan-niva, Fram Centre for Climate and the Environment, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Herzke, Dorte; The Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Fram Centre for Climate and the Environment, Tromsø, Norway
Harju, Mikael; The Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Fram Centre for Climate and the Environment, Tromsø, Norway
Tulatz, Felix; Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre for Climate and the Environment, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Gabrielsen, Geir W. ; Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre for Climate and the Environment, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Tarroux, Arnaud ; Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Fram Centre for Climate and the Environment, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Language :
English
Title :
Plastic ingestion and associated additives in Faroe Islands chicks of the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Water Biology and Security
eISSN :
2772-7351
Publisher :
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fram Centre Research Programme "Plastic in the Arctic" Norwegian Polar Institute [NO] RCN - Research Council of Norway [NO]
Funding text :
This work was funded by the Fram Centre Research Programme “Plastic in the Arctic” through the PlastFul project ( PA072018 ) and supported by the Norwegian Polar Institute and the PlastPoll project funded by the Research Council of Norway ( #275172 ).
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