Plastic ingestion in Franciscana dolphins, Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais and d’Orbigny, 1844), from Argentina

Denuncio, Pablo; Bastida, Ricardo; Dassis, Mariela; Giardino, Gisela V.; Gerpe, Marcela Silvia; Rodríguez, Diego H.

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.003

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“…A peak of plastic ingestion was detected in 1985 and 1995 in a number of long-term studies Spear et al 1995;. In contrast to the continuing growth of global plastic use and increase in marine activities, the trend of plastic consumption decreased and stabilized from 2000 onwards approaching the 1980s level Van Franeker et al 86 S. Kühn et al 2011;. Figure 4.4 illustrates the ingestion of plastic by northern fulmars.…”

Section: Ingestion Of Plasticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deleterious Effects of Litter on Marine Life

Kühn

Rebolledo

Franeker

2015

Marine Anthropogenic Litter

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In this review we report new findings concerning interaction between marine debris and wildlife. Deleterious effects and consequences of entanglement, consumption and smothering are highlighted and discussed. The number of species known to have been affected by either entanglement or ingestion of plastic debris has doubled since 1997, from 267 to 557 species among all groups of wildlife. For marine turtles the number of affected species increased from 86 to 100 % (now 7 of 7 species), for marine mammals from 43 to 66 % (now 81 of 123 species) and for seabirds from 44 to 50 % of species (now 203 of 406 species). Strong increases in records were also listed for fish and invertebrates, groups that were previously not considered in detail. In future records of interactions between marine debris and wildlife we recommend to focus on standardized data on frequency of occurrence and quantities of debris ingested. In combination with dedicated impact studies in the wild or experiments, this will allow more detailed assessments of the deleterious effects of marine debris on individuals and populations. Kühn, . Deleterious effects of litter on marine life. pp M., Gutow, L., and Klages, M. (eds). Marine Anthropogenic Litter. Springer, Berlin. including Supplementary material 76 S. Kühn et al. Keywords IntroductionFor several decades, it has been known that anthropogenic debris in the marine environment, in particular plastic, affects marine organisms (Shomura and Yoshida 1985;Derraik 2002;. Plastic production grows at 5 % per year (Andrady and Neal 2009). Part of the material ends up as litter in the marine environment, to such an extent that the issue is considered to be of major global concern (UNEP 2011). Awareness has grown that plastics may become less visible but do not really disappear as they become fragmented into small persistent particles ('plastic soup') (Andrady 2015). Plastic fragmentation can be caused by abiotic factors (Andrady 2011) or through animal digestion processes ). The smaller the particle, the higher the availability to animals at the base of the food chain. The potential deleterious effects from ingestion, have heightened the urgency to evaluate the impact of plastics on the whole marine food chain and, ultimately, the consequences for humans as end consumers (Koch and Calafat 2009; UNEP 2011;Galloway 2015).The most visible effect of plastic pollution on marine organisms concerns wildlife entanglement in marine debris, often in discarded or lost fishing gear and ropes Baulch and Perry 2014). Entangled biota are hindered in their ability to move, feed and breathe. In addition, many marine organisms mistake litter for food and ingest it . Indigestible debris such as plastics may accumulate in their stomachs and affect individual fitness, with consequences for reproduction and survival, even if not causing direct mortality McCauley and Bjorndal 1999). Marine birds, turtles and mammals have received most attention, but the consequences of entanglement and ingestion on other organism grou...

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Section: Ingestion Of Plasticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deleterious Effects of Litter on Marine Life

Kühn

Rebolledo

Franeker

2015

Marine Anthropogenic Litter

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“…However, in fulmars the high level of plastic persists in immature birds and only gradually disappears after several years (Jensen 2012) and thus cannot be completely explained by parental feeding and stomach functioning. Perhaps, young animals are less efficient at foraging, and therefore less specific in their prey selection (Day et al 1985;Baird and Hooker 2000;Denuncio et al 2011). One important open question therefore is whether higher loads of plastic in younger animals reflect a learning process or mortality of those individuals that ingested too much plastic.…”

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confidence: 99%

Marine Anthropogenic Litter

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Gutow²,

Klages³

2015

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“…Planktonic plastic loaded in organic pollutants can easily be mistaken for prey and upon ingestion the pollutants bioaccumulate (Harwani et al, 2011), while the plastic remains undigested and can sometimes clog the digestive tract of the organism leading to starvation and subsequent death. Top predators have been consistently reported victims of this plastic menace; 34% of 408 dissected leatherback turtles (Mrosovsky et al, 2009), 28% of 106 dolphins incidentally captured in artisanal fisheries (Denuncio et al, 2011) and 9.2% of 141 mesopelagic fishes from 27 species in the North Pacific subtropical gyre (Davison & Asch, 2011) had plastic in their stomachs. Every albatross chick egested bolus examined from the North Pacific colonies contained plastic (Young et al, 2009).…”

Section: Marine Debrismentioning

confidence: 99%