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Ingestion of anthropogenic debris by migratory barnacle geese Branta leucopsis on a remote north-eastern Atlantic island
dc.check.date | 2022-08-24 | |
dc.check.info | Access to this article is restricted until 24 months after publication by request of the publisher. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Coughlan, Neil E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Doyle, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Baker-Arney, Connie | |
dc.contributor.author | Griffith, Rose M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lyne, Linda | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, Hannah | |
dc.contributor.author | Kelly, Thomas C. | |
dc.contributor.author | McMahon, Barry J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dick, Jaimie T. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cunningham, Eoghan M. | |
dc.contributor.funder | Queen's University Belfast | en |
dc.contributor.funder | G. & M. Williams Research Fund, Queen's University Belfast | en |
dc.contributor.funder | Irish Research Council | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-29T13:02:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-29T13:02:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-08-24 | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-09-29T12:46:21Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Although seabirds are frequently used as sentinel species for anthropogenic pollution, the extent and impacts of synthetic debris ingestion remains poorly studied for many water bird species. Here, we assess ingestion of synthetic particles (≥0.5 mm) by barnacle geese, Branta leucopsis, wintering on a remote island. Faecal samples were collected over a period of four wintering seasons. In total, 71 individual samples were assessed, with 79% of samples displaying at least one debris particle (maximum lengths 0.5–5 mm) from anthropogenic sources. The recovered synthetic debris were identified as micro-fibres (n = 166) and micro-fragments (n = 165). The number of synthetic particles detected per sample was generally low at 4.7 ± 0.9, 43 (mean ± SE, maximum): micro-fibres 2.3 ± 0.3, 10; micro-fragments 2.3 ± 0.8, 40. Particle numbers detected per gram of faecal sample differed amongst wintering seasons. Our results suggest that non-marine water birds can frequently ingest low quantities of synthetic particles in remote coastal habitats. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Queen's University Belfast (G. & M. Williams Research Fund; Queen's Marin Laboratory)l | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.articleid | 111588 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Coughlan, N. E., Doyle, S., Baker-Arney, C., Griffith, R. M., Lyne, L., Williams, H., Kelly, T. C., McMahon, B. J., Dick, J. T. A. and Cunningham, E. M. (2020) 'Ingestion of anthropogenic debris by migratory barnacle geese Branta leucopsis on a remote north-eastern Atlantic island', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160, 111588 (5 pp). doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111588 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111588 | en |
dc.identifier.endpage | 5 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0025-326X | |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Marine Pollution Bulletin | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/10606 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 160 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en |
dc.relation.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X20307062 | |
dc.rights | © 2020, Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Anthropocene | en |
dc.subject | Micro-fibre | en |
dc.subject | Micro-fragment | en |
dc.subject | Plastic pollution | en |
dc.subject | Waterfowl | en |
dc.subject | Wetland bird | en |
dc.title | Ingestion of anthropogenic debris by migratory barnacle geese Branta leucopsis on a remote north-eastern Atlantic island | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
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