Recommended best practices for plastic and litter ingestion studies in marine birds: Collection, processing, and reporting
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Authors
Provencher, JFBorrelle, SB
Bond, AL

Lavers, JL
van Franeker, JA
Kühn, S
Hammer, S
Avery-Gomm, S
Mallory, ML
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2019-05-09Submitted date
2019-08-29Subject Terms
birdbolus
diet analysis
marine debris
method standardization
necropsy
plastic debris
plastic ingestion
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Marine plastic pollution is an environmental contaminant of significant concern. There is a lack of consistency in sample collection and processing that continues to impede meta-analyses and largescale comparisons across time and space. This is true for most taxa, including seabirds, which are the most studied megafauna group with regards to plastic ingestion research. Consequently, it is difficult to evaluate the impacts and extent of plastic contamination in seabirds fully and accurately, and to make inferences about species for which we have little or no data. We provide a synthesized set of recommendations specific for seabirds and plastic ingestion studies that include best practices in relation to sample collection, processing, and reporting, as well as highlighting some “cross-cutting” methods. We include guidance for how carcasses, regurgitations, and pellets should be handled and treated to prevent cross-contamination, and a discussion of what size class of microplastics can be assessed in each sample type. Although we focus on marine bird samples, we also include standardized techniques to remove sediment and biological material that are generalizable to other taxa. Lastly, metrics and data presentation of ingested plastics are briefly reviewed in the context of seabird studies.Citation
Provencher JF, Borrelle SB, Bond AL, Lavers JL, van Franeker JA, Kühn S, Hammer S, Avery-Gomm S, and Mallory ML. 2019. Recommended best practices for plastic and litter ingestion studies in marine birds: Collection, processing, and reporting. FACETS 4: 111–130. doi:10.1139/facets-2018-0043Publisher
Canadian Science PublishingJournal
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Copyright: © 2019 Provencher et al. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. The attached file is the published pdf.ISSN
2371-1671ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1139/facets-2018-0043
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