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dc.contributor.authorCharlton-Howard, Hayley S
dc.contributor.authorBond, AL
dc.contributor.authorRivers-Auty, Jack
dc.contributor.authorLavers, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-12T08:57:39Z
dc.date.available2023-05-12T08:57:39Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-26
dc.date.submitted2023-01-04
dc.identifier.citationHayley S. Charlton-Howard, Alexander L. Bond, Jack Rivers-Auty, Jennifer L. Lavers, ‘Plasticosis’: Characterising macro- and microplastic-associated fibrosis in seabird tissues, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 450, 2023, 131090, ISSN 0304-3894, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131090. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389423003722)en_US
dc.identifier.issn0304-3894
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131090
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10141/623053
dc.description.abstractAs biota are increasingly exposed to plastic pollution, there is a need to closely examine the sub-lethal 'hidden' impacts of plastic ingestion. This emerging field of study has been limited to model species in controlled laboratory settings, with little data available for wild, free-living organisms. Highly impacted by plastic ingestion, Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Ardenna carneipes) are thus an apt species to examine these impacts in an environmentally relevant manner. A Masson's Trichrome stain was used to document any evidence of plastic-induced fibrosis, using collagen as a marker for scar tissue formation in the proventriculus (stomach) of 30 Flesh-footed Shearwater fledglings from Lord Howe Island, Australia. Plastic presence was highly associated with widespread scar tissue formation and extensive changes to, and even loss of, tissue structure within the mucosa and submucosa. Additionally, despite naturally occurring indigestible items, such as pumice, also being found in the gastrointestinal tract, this did not cause similar scarring. This highlights the unique pathological properties of plastics and raises concerns for other species impacted by plastic ingestion. Further, the extent and severity of fibrosis documented in this study gives support for a novel, plastic-induced fibrotic disease, which we define as 'Plasticosis,'.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_US
dc.rightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.title‘Plasticosis’: Characterising macro- and microplastic-associated fibrosis in seabird tissuesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1873-3336
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Hazardous Materialsen_US
dc.date.updated2023-03-31T07:33:28Z
dc.identifier.volume450en_US
dc.identifier.startpage131090-131090en_US
elements.import.authorCharlton-Howard, Hayley S
elements.import.authorBond, Alexander L
elements.import.authorRivers-Auty, Jack
elements.import.authorLavers, Jennifer L
dc.description.nhmCopyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The attached file is the published version of the article.en_US
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dc.subject.nhmFlesh-footed Shearwateren_US
dc.subject.nhmhistopathologyen_US
dc.subject.nhmMasson’s trichromeen_US
dc.subject.nhmplastic pollutionen_US
dc.subject.nhmscar tissueen_US
dc.subject.nhmstomachen_US
refterms.dateFOA2023-05-12T08:57:40Z


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