Incidence of plastic debris in Sooty Tern nests: A preliminary study on Trindade Island, a remote area of Brazil

Petersen, Elisa de Souza; Krüger, Lucas; Dezevieski, Alexandre; Petry, Maria Virgı́nia; Montone, Rosalinda Carmela

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.036

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“…However, we identified three reasons for the significance of macroplastics in freshwaters, and which support further research: 1) over one hundred species of marine vertebrates have been recorded as entangled in macroplastic debris (Allen et al, 2012;NOAA, 2014) such as pinnipeds (Hanni and Pyle, 2000), sharks (Sazima et al, 2002), grey seals (Allen et al, 2012), turtles and seabirds (using plastic garbage as nesting material) (de Souza Petersen et al, 2016). No studies have been carried out describing macroplastics interaction/impact on freshwater fauna (see section 4.4).…”

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Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps

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The overwhelming majority of research conducted to date on plastic pollution (all size fractions) has focused on marine ecosystems. In comparison, only a few studies provide evidence for the presence of plastic debris in freshwater environments. However, owing to the numerous differences between freshwater studies (including studied species and habitats, geographical locations, social and economic contexts, the type of data obtained and also the broad range of purposes), they show only fragments of the overall picture of freshwater plastic pollution. This highlights the lack of a holistic vision and evidences several knowledge gaps and data biases. Through a bibliometric analysis we identified such knowledge gaps, inconsistencies and survey trends of plastic pollution research within freshwater ecosystems. We conclude that there is a continued need to increase the field-data bases about plastics (all size fractions) in freshwater environments. This is particularly important to estimate river plastic emissions to the world's oceans. Accordingly, data about macroplastics from most polluted and larger rivers are very scarce, although macroplastics represent a huge input in terms of plastics weight. In addition, submerged macroplastics may play an important role in transporting mismanaged plastic waste, however almost no studies exist. Although many of the most plastic polluted rivers are in Asia, only 14% of the reviewed studies were carried out in this continent (even though the major inland fisheries of the world are located in Asia's rivers). The potential damage caused by macroplastics on a wide range of freshwater fauna is as yet undetermined, even though negative impacts have been well documented in similar marine species. We also noted a clear supremacy of microplastic studies over macroplastic ones, even though there is no reason to assume that freshwater ecosystems remain unaffected by macro-debris. Finally, we recommend focusing monitoring efforts in most polluted rivers worldwide, but particularly in countries with rapid economic development and poor waste management.

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Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps

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“…Battisti et al, 2019;O'Hanlon et al, 2017aO'Hanlon et al, , 2019Ryan, 2018;Wilcox et al, 2015). Compared to plastic ingestion, incorporation of marine debris into nests has thus far received less attention (O'Hanlon et al, 2017a) despite the fact that it has been found in a number of seabird species (albatrosses: Nel and Nel, 1999;boobies and gannets: Bond et al, 2012;Grant et al, 2018;Lavers et al, 2013;Norman et al, 1995;O'Hanlon et al, 2019;Verlis et al, 2014;Votier et al, 2011;cormorants: Podolsky and Kress, 1989; gulls and terns: Battisti 2020; Clemens and Hartwig, 1993;Hartwig et al, 2007;de Souza Petersen et al, 2016;Witteveen et al, 2017). Some studies have found plastic debris in nests to be common, for instance, 80 % of nests in a Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony in Wales, UK, contained marine debris with direct evidence of entanglement killing birds every year (Votier et al, 2011), while other studies found that nest incorporation of plastic in a colony of black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) increased by 11 % in 13 years (Hartwig et al, 2007).…”

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The prevalence and source of plastic incorporated into nests of five seabird species on a small offshore island

Thompson

Ovenden

Pennycott

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Marine Pollution Bulletin

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There is little evidence documenting the prevalence of plastic nest incorporation for different seabird species and populations, and even less detailing the source of such debris as nesting material. This study presents a baseline dataset on the presence of plastic in the nests of five seabird species on Lady Isle, Scotland using a novel and repeatable methodology for quantifying plastic incorporated into nests. Plastic was found in 24.5% to 80% of nests of all species. We analysed pellets of regurgitated material and the spatial distribution of herring gull nests containing plastic in the context of the tide and nesting habitat. Differences in the types of plastic found in pellets and nests suggests that plastic incorporated into herring gull nests was not derived at foraging sites and likely collected from the local environment. Targeted beach cleans before the breeding season could help minimise the quantity of plastic available to herring gulls.

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“…Plastic waste travels long distances in the oceans (Barnes et al 2009; Obbard 2018), and has been detected in all regions of the world, such as in the whole latitude range of the Atlantic Ocean (68 °S-78 °N), at 1200 km off the Brazilian coast (de Souza Petersen et al 2016), by the Scottish coast (Santillo et al 2018), in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Law et al 2014), on Amchitka Island in the Bering Sea (Halsband and Herzke 2019) or on South Korean beaches, where 56% of the debris collected was ocean--based (Jang et al 2014).…”

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Oceanic Long-Range Transport of Organic Additives Present in Plastic Products – An overview

Rebelo-de-Andrade¹,

Glüge²,

Herzke³

et al. 2021

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Plastics are persistent synthetic matrices that contain chemical additives in significant amounts. Millions of tonnes of plastics are produced every year and a significant amount of this plastic enters the marine environment, either as macro- or microplastics. In this article, an overview is given of the presence of marine plastic debris globally and its potential to reach remote locationsin combination with an analysis of the oceanic long-range transport potential of organic additives present in plastic debris. The information gathered shows that leaching of very hydrophobic substances from plastic is slow in the ocean, whereas more polar substances leach faster but mostly from the surface layers of the particle. Their high content used in plastic of several percent by weight allows also these chemicals to be transported over long distances without being completely depleted along the way. It is therefore likely that various types of additives reach remote locations with plastic debris. As a consequence, birds or other wildlife that ingest plastic debris are exposed to these substances, as leaching is accelerated in warm‐blooded organisms and under acidic stomach conditions compared to leaching in water. Our estimates show that approximately 13’500 t of numerous organic additives are transported within buoyant plastic matrices globallywith a significant portion also transported to the Arctic. For many of these chemicals, LRT by plastic as a carrier is their only means of travelling over long distances without degrading, resulting in plastic debris enabling the LRT of chemicals which otherwise would not reach polar environments with unknown consequences. The transport of organic additives via plastic debris is an additional long‐range transport route that should also be acknowledged under the Stockholm Convention.

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Incidence of plastic debris in Sooty Tern nests: A preliminary study on Trindade Island, a remote area of Brazil

Cited by 44 publications

References 30 publications

Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps

Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps

The prevalence and source of plastic incorporated into nests of five seabird species on a small offshore island

Oceanic Long-Range Transport of Organic Additives Present in Plastic Products – An overview

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