{"id":2647,"date":"2014-08-02T11:40:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T16:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2014-08-05T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T16:44:02","slug":"researchers-call-for-more-studies-on-plastic-in-seabirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/researchers-call-for-more-studies-on-plastic-in-seabirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers call for more studies on plastic in seabirds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2639\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ALB_7472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2639\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2639\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ALB_7472-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Plastic ingested by a Northern Fulmar found beached on Sable Island, NS.  (Photo credit: A.L. Bond).\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ALB_7472-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ALB_7472.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plastic ingested by a Northern Fulmar found beached on Sable Island, NS. (Photo credit: A.L. Bond).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ingestion of plastic by seabirds is a serious problem, but research into the issue is patchy, according to a new review paper. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Of the 91 seabird species in Canada, 33 have at least one reported case of plastic ingestion, however detailed data on plastic ingestion over time is available for only 6 species. Plastic ingestion is most common among surface-feeding species like fulmars and least common among diving species like common murres. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The authors say that analysis of plastic ingestion can and should easily be integrated into other types of field studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcresearchpress.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1139\/er-2014-0039#.U-EJn_ldWSo\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in the\u00a0<em>Environmental Reviews<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em>on\u00a0<strong>August 1, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alex Bond, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, United Kingdom<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingestion of plastic by seabirds is a serious problem, but research into the issue is patchy, according to a new review paper. Of the 91 seabird species in Canada, 33 have at least one reported case of plastic ingestion, however detailed data on plastic ingestion over time is available for only 6 species. 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