Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea

Jan Andries van Franeker; Christine Blaize; Jóhannis Danielsen; Keith Fairclough; Jane Gollan; Nils Guse; Poul-Lindhard Hansen; Martin Heubeck; Jens-Kjeld Jensen; Gilles Le Guillou; Bergur  Olsen; Kåre-Olav Olsen; John Pedersen; Eric W. M. Stienen; Daniel M.  Turner

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008

Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea

Jan Andries van Franeker
, Christine Blaize
, Jóhannis Danielsen
, Keith Fairclough
, Jane Gollan
, Nils Guse
, Poul-Lindhard Hansen
, Martin Heubeck
, Jens-Kjeld Jensen
, Gilles Le Guillou
, Bergur Olsen
, Kåre-Olav Olsen
, John Pedersen
, Eric W. M. Stienen
, Daniel M. Turner

Havstovan - Faroe Marine Research Institute

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

537 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The abundance of plastics in stomachs of northern fulmars from the North Sea is used in the OSPAR Ecological Quality Objective (EcoQO) for marine litter. The preliminary EcoQO defines acceptable ecological quality as the situation where no more than 10% of fulmars exceed a critical level of 0.1 g of plastic in the stomach. During 2003–2007, 95% of 1295 fulmars sampled in the North Sea had plastic in the stomach (on average 35 pieces weighing 0.31 g) and the critical level of 0.1 g of plastic was exceeded by 58% of birds, with regional variations ranging from 48 to 78%. Long term data for the Netherlands since the 1980s show a decrease of industrial, but an increase of user plastics, with shipping and fisheries as the main sources. The EcoQO is now also used as an indicator for Good Environmental Status in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2609-2615
Number of pages	7
Journal	Environmental Pollution
Volume	159
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008
Publication status	Published - Oct 2011

Keywords

Fulmarus glacialis
Plastic ingestion
Marine debris
Environmental monitoring
OSPAR EcoQO
MSFD-GES

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008

Cite this

van Franeker, J. A., Blaize, C., Danielsen, J., Fairclough, K., Gollan, J., Guse, N., Hansen, P.-L., Heubeck, M., Jensen, J.-K., Le Guillou, G., Olsen, B., Olsen, K.-O., Pedersen, J., Stienen, E. W. M., & Turner, D. M. (2011). Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea. Environmental Pollution, 159(10), 2609-2615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008

@article{c8f2d286002341d999dc89e3f53d74b0,

title = "Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea",

abstract = "The abundance of plastics in stomachs of northern fulmars from the North Sea is used in the OSPAR Ecological Quality Objective (EcoQO) for marine litter. The preliminary EcoQO defines acceptable ecological quality as the situation where no more than 10\% of fulmars exceed a critical level of 0.1 g of plastic in the stomach. During 2003–2007, 95\% of 1295 fulmars sampled in the North Sea had plastic in the stomach (on average 35 pieces weighing 0.31 g) and the critical level of 0.1 g of plastic was exceeded by 58\% of birds, with regional variations ranging from 48 to 78\%. Long term data for the Netherlands since the 1980s show a decrease of industrial, but an increase of user plastics, with shipping and fisheries as the main sources. The EcoQO is now also used as an indicator for Good Environmental Status in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive.",

keywords = "Fulmarus glacialis, Plastic ingestion, Marine debris, Environmental monitoring, OSPAR EcoQO, MSFD-GES",

author = "\{van Franeker\}, \{Jan Andries\} and Christine Blaize and J{\'o}hannis Danielsen and Keith Fairclough and Jane Gollan and Nils Guse and Poul-Lindhard Hansen and Martin Heubeck and Jens-Kjeld Jensen and \{Le Guillou\}, Gilles and Bergur Olsen and K{\aa}re-Olav Olsen and John Pedersen and Stienen, \{Eric W. M.\} and Turner, \{Daniel M.\}",

year = "2011",

month = oct,

doi = "10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008",

language = "English",

volume = "159",

pages = "2609--2615",

journal = "Environmental Pollution",

issn = "0269-7491",

publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",

number = "10",

}

van Franeker, JA, Blaize, C, Danielsen, J, Fairclough, K, Gollan, J, Guse, N, Hansen, P-L, Heubeck, M, Jensen, J-K, Le Guillou, G, Olsen, B, Olsen, K-O, Pedersen, J, Stienen, EWM & Turner, DM 2011, 'Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea', Environmental Pollution, vol. 159, no. 10, pp. 2609-2615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008

TY - JOUR

T1 - Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea

AU - van Franeker, Jan Andries

AU - Blaize, Christine

AU - Danielsen, Jóhannis

AU - Fairclough, Keith

AU - Gollan, Jane

AU - Guse, Nils

AU - Hansen, Poul-Lindhard

AU - Heubeck, Martin

AU - Jensen, Jens-Kjeld

AU - Le Guillou, Gilles

AU - Olsen, Bergur

AU - Olsen, Kåre-Olav

AU - Pedersen, John

AU - Stienen, Eric W. M.

AU - Turner, Daniel M.

PY - 2011/10

Y1 - 2011/10

N2 - The abundance of plastics in stomachs of northern fulmars from the North Sea is used in the OSPAR Ecological Quality Objective (EcoQO) for marine litter. The preliminary EcoQO defines acceptable ecological quality as the situation where no more than 10% of fulmars exceed a critical level of 0.1 g of plastic in the stomach. During 2003–2007, 95% of 1295 fulmars sampled in the North Sea had plastic in the stomach (on average 35 pieces weighing 0.31 g) and the critical level of 0.1 g of plastic was exceeded by 58% of birds, with regional variations ranging from 48 to 78%. Long term data for the Netherlands since the 1980s show a decrease of industrial, but an increase of user plastics, with shipping and fisheries as the main sources. The EcoQO is now also used as an indicator for Good Environmental Status in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

AB - The abundance of plastics in stomachs of northern fulmars from the North Sea is used in the OSPAR Ecological Quality Objective (EcoQO) for marine litter. The preliminary EcoQO defines acceptable ecological quality as the situation where no more than 10% of fulmars exceed a critical level of 0.1 g of plastic in the stomach. During 2003–2007, 95% of 1295 fulmars sampled in the North Sea had plastic in the stomach (on average 35 pieces weighing 0.31 g) and the critical level of 0.1 g of plastic was exceeded by 58% of birds, with regional variations ranging from 48 to 78%. Long term data for the Netherlands since the 1980s show a decrease of industrial, but an increase of user plastics, with shipping and fisheries as the main sources. The EcoQO is now also used as an indicator for Good Environmental Status in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

KW - Fulmarus glacialis

KW - Plastic ingestion

KW - Marine debris

KW - Environmental monitoring

KW - OSPAR EcoQO

KW - MSFD-GES

U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008

DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.008

M3 - Article

SN - 0269-7491

VL - 159

SP - 2609

EP - 2615

JO - Environmental Pollution

JF - Environmental Pollution

IS - 10

ER -

Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea

Abstract

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this