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Study on plastic in stomachs of northern fulmars and other seabirds in relation to the containers lost from MSC Zoe in early January 2019

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J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker J.A. van Franeker Susanne Kühn, J.A. van Franeker

Summary

Researchers examined stomach contents of seabirds beached along the Dutch Wadden Sea and North Sea coast in 2019 to determine whether plastics spilled during the MSC Zoe container incident (January 2019) could be detected in wildlife, focusing on industrial polyethylene pellets and polystyrene microbeads. Comparing 2019 data against reference samples from prior years, they found no direct detectable effect of the container spill incident on the plastic burden in northern fulmars or other examined seabird species.

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Stomach contents of dead birds beached along the Dutch Wadden Sea and North Sea coast during 2019 were investigated for the potential presence of plastics lost from containers in the MSC Zoe incident, 1 to 2 January 2019. The focus was on the detection of industrial polyethylene (PE) pellets and Polystyrene (PS) microbeads as were spilled during the incident. For northern fulmars reference material from earlier years was available. Looking at the presence of PE pellets and PS beads in 2019 in comparison to earlier years there was no direct effect of the container incident. For some species no adequate reference data were available, however, no plastics similar to those lost during the incident were found.

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