Plastics in regurgitated Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) boluses as a monitoring tool
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2021-04-30Subject Terms
long-term trendsmarine debris
monitoring methods
regurgitated pellet
Tasman Sea
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Plastic production and pollution of the environment with plastic items is rising rapidly and outpacing current mitigation measures. Success of mitigation actions can only be determined if progress can be measured reliably through incorporation of specific, measurable targets. Here we evaluate temporal changes in the amount and composition of plastic in boluses from Flesh-footed Shearwaters during 2002-2020 and assess their suitability for measuring progress against national and international commitments to reduce plastic pollution. Plastic in the shearwater boluses showed a generally decreasing pattern from 2002 to 2015 and increasing again to 2020. The colour and type of plastics in boluses was comparable to items recovered from live and necropsied birds, but a much smaller sample size (~35 boluses/year) was required to detect changes in plastic number and mass over time. We therefore suggest shearwater boluses are a low-effort, high-statistical power monitoring tool for quantifying progress against environmental policies in Australia.Citation
Alexander L. Bond, Ian Hutton, Jennifer L. Lavers, Plastics in regurgitated Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) boluses as a monitoring tool, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 168, 2021, 112428, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112428.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Marine Pollution BulletinType
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Copyright © 2021, The Authors. This document is the author’s final accepted version of the journal article. You are advised to consult the published version if you wish to cite from it.NHM Repository
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0025-326XEISSN
1879-3363ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112428
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