Interactions between anthropogenic litter and birds: A global review with a ‘black-list’ of species

Battisti, Corrado; Staffieri, Eleonora; Poeta, Gianluca; Sorace, Alberto; Luiselli, Luca; Amori, Giovanni

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.017

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“…Characterizing and quantifying the propensity for an organism to ingest microplastic particles can provide useful information in identifying species that may have physiological and behavioral traits making them susceptible to bioaccumulation of microplastic particles; for example, birds might ingest gravel to help grind hard seeds or bones in the gizzard (Day 1980; Reid 1981; Azzarello and van Vleet 1987; Kiorboe 2011; Carson 2013; Kiorboe and Hirst 2014; Schuyler 2014; Deudero and Alomar 2015; Peters and Bratton 2016; Ryan 2016; Mizraji et al 2017; Fossi et al 2018; Battisti et al 2019; Franzellitti et al 2019). In these instances, the relative size of the sample collected likely represents an important factor for assessing relationships between frequency of occurrence and key species‐specific traits.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The literature data on ingestion of microplastic particles to include in the present review was initially based on the reference lists reported in several robust reviews recently published for organisms at all levels of biological organization (Schuyler et al 2014; Deudero and Alomar 2015; Lusher et al 2017; Poeta et al 2017; Burns and Boxall 2018; Foley et al 2018; Fossi et al 2018; Hermsen et al 2018; Battisti et al 2019; Botterell et al 2019; Triebskorn et al 2019; Wang et al 2019). The initial list was further complemented by identification of other studies, using a range of methods.…”

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Toward an Improved Understanding of the Ingestion and Trophic Transfer of Microplastic Particles: Critical Review and Implications for Future Research

Gouin

2020

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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Microplastic particles have been observed in the environment and routinely detected in the stomachs and intestines of aquatic organisms over the last 50 yr. In the present review, information on the ingestion of plastic debris of varying sizes is collated, including data for >800 species representing approximately 87 000 individual organisms, for which plastic debris and microplastic particles have been observed in approximately 17 500, or 20%. The average reported number of microplastic particles/individual across all studies is estimated to be 4, with studies typically reporting averages ranging from 0 to 10 particles/individual. A general observation is that although strong evidence exists for the biological ingestion of microplastic particles, they do not bioaccumulate and do not appear to be subject to biomagnification as a result of trophic transfer through food webs, with >99% of observations from field‐based studies reporting that microplastic particles are located within the gastrointestinal tract. Overall, there is substantial heterogeneity in how samples are collected, processed, analyzed, and reported, causing significant challenges in attempting to assess temporal and spatial trends or helping to inform a mechanistic understanding. Nevertheless, several studies suggest that the characteristics of microplastic particles ingested by organisms are generally representative of plastic debris in the vicinity where individuals are collected. Monitoring of spatial and temporal trends of ingested microplastic particles could thus potentially be useful in assessing mitigation efforts aimed at reducing the emission of plastic and microplastic particles to the environment. The development and application of standardized analytical methods are urgently needed to better understand spatial and temporal trends. Environ Toxicol Chem 2020;39:1119–1137. © 2020 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC.

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Toward an Improved Understanding of the Ingestion and Trophic Transfer of Microplastic Particles: Critical Review and Implications for Future Research

Gouin

2020

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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“…As part of a review of published interactions between birds and litter, Battisti et al (2019) compiled a list of 258 affected species that included 206 species of seabirds. That list undoubtedly is longer today, based on the results of the studies described here.…”

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Effects of pollution on marine organisms

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Water Environment Research

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This review covers selected 2019 articles on the biological effects of pollutants, including human physical disturbances, on marine and estuarine plants, animals, ecosystems, and habitats. The review, based largely on journal articles, covers field, and laboratory measurement activities (bioaccumulation of contaminants, field assessment surveys, toxicity testing, and biomarkers) as well as pollution issues of current interest including endocrine disrupters, emerging contaminants, wastewater discharges, marine debris, dredging, and disposal. Special emphasis is placed on effects of oil spills and marine debris due largely to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and proliferation of data on the assimilation and effects of marine debris microparticulates. Several topical areas reviewed in the past (e.g., mass mortalities ocean acidification) were dropped this year. The focus of this review is on effects, not on pollutant sources, chemistry, fate, or transport. There is considerable overlap across subject areas (e.g., some bioaccumulation data may be appeared in other topical categories such as effects of wastewater discharges, or biomarker studies appearing in oil toxicity literature). Therefore, we strongly urge readers to use keyword searching of the text and references to locate related but distributed information. Although nearly 400 papers are cited, these now represent a fraction of the literature on these subjects. Use this review mainly as a starting point. And please consult the original papers before citing them.

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“…Evidence is accumulating about the ingestion of plastic by fishes, sea turtles, seabirds, and marine mammals (Schuyler et al, 2016;Lynam et al, 2017;Tavares et al, 2017). Plastics are also abundant in nests of some seabirds, such as the brown boobies S. leucogaster, with unknown consequences to chickens and the quality of breeding habitats (Grant et al, 2018;Battisti et al, 2019). Future research should concentrate efforts on investigating which type of traits are most closely related to plastic accumulation among marine vertebrates.…”

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Traits Shared by Marine Megafauna and Their Relationships With Ecosystem Functions and Services

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Traditional ecological research has focused on taxonomic units to better understand the role of organisms in marine ecosystems. This approach has significantly contributed to our understanding of how species interact with each other and with the physical environment and has led to relevant site-specific conservation strategies. However, this taxonomic-based approach can limit a mechanistic understanding of how environmental change affects marine megafauna, here defined as large fishes (e.g., shark, tuna, and billfishes), sea turtles, marine mammals, and seabirds. Alternatively, an approach based on traits, i.e., measurable behavioral, physiological, or morphological characteristics of organisms, can shed new light on the processes influencing structure and functions of biological communities. Here we review 33 traits that are measurable and comparable among marine megafauna. The variability of these traits within the organisms considered controls functions mainly related to nutrient storage and transport, trophic-dynamic regulations of populations, and community shaping. To estimate the contributions of marine megafauna to ecosystem functions and services, traits can be quantified categorically or over a continuous scale, but the latter is preferred to make comparisons across groups. We argue that the most relevant traits to comparatively study marine megafauna groups are body size, body mass, dietary preference, feeding strategy, metabolic rate, and dispersal capacity. These traits can be used in combination with information on population abundances to predict how changes in the environment can affect community structure, ecosystem functioning, and ecosystem services.

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Interactions between anthropogenic litter and birds: A global review with a ‘black-list’ of species

Cited by 116 publications

References 133 publications

Toward an Improved Understanding of the Ingestion and Trophic Transfer of Microplastic Particles: Critical Review and Implications for Future Research

Toward an Improved Understanding of the Ingestion and Trophic Transfer of Microplastic Particles: Critical Review and Implications for Future Research

Effects of pollution on marine organisms

Traits Shared by Marine Megafauna and Their Relationships With Ecosystem Functions and Services

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