Through ingestion and sub.equent egestion,Arctic seab.rds can b.oaccumulate microplastics at and around their colony b.eeding *** microplastics in Arctic seab.rds have b.en well documented,it is not yet understood to ...
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Through ingestion and sub.equent egestion,Arctic seab.rds can b.oaccumulate microplastics at and around their colony b.eeding *** microplastics in Arctic seab.rds have b.en well documented,it is not yet understood to what extent these particles can act as transport vehicles for plastic-associated contaminants,including legacy persistent organic pollutants(POPs),trace metals,and organic *** investigated the occurrence and pattern of organic and inorganic co-contaminants of microplastics in two seab.rd species from the Canadian Arctic-northern fulmar(Fulmarus glacialis)and b.ack-legged kittiwake(Rissa tridactyla).We found that fulmars had higher levels of plastic contamination and emerging organic compounds(known to b. plastic additives)than kittiwakes,whereas higher concentrations of legacy POPs were found in kittiwakes than the ***,fulmars,the species with the much larger foraging range(~200 km),had higher plastic pollution and overall contaminant b.rdens,indicating that b.rds may b. acting as long-range transport vectors for plasticassociated *** results suggest a potential connection b.tween plastic additive contamination and plastic pollution b.rdens in the b.rd stomachs,highlighting the importance of treating plastic particles and plastic-associated organic additives as co-contaminants rather than separate pollution issues.
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