The relationship between plastic ingestion and trace element concentrations in Arctic seabirds.
Mar Pollut Bull
; 203: 116509, 2024 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-38788276
ABSTRACT
Seabirds ingest contaminants linked to their prey's tissues, but also adsorbed to ingested plastic debris. To explore relationships between ingested plastics and trace elements concentrations, we analyzed 25 essential non-essential trace elements in liver tissue in relation to plastic content in the gastrointestinal tract in adults of four species of Arctic seabirds with different propensity to ingest plastic. Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) provided a clear separation between species based on element concentrations, but not among individuals with and without plastics. Molybdenum, copper, vanadium, and zinc were strong drivers of the LDA, separating northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) from other species (60.4 % of explained between-group variance). Selenium, vanadium, zinc, and mercury were drivers separating black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) from the other species (19.3 % of explained between-group variance). This study suggests that ingestion of plastic particles has little influence on the burden of essential and non-essential trace elements in Arctic seabird species.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Plastics
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Trace Elements
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Environmental Monitoring
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Mar Pollut Bull
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
Reino Unido