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Microplastic prevalence at Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) spawning beaches on eastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
Researchers surveyed microplastic abundance in beach sediments at Pacific sand lance spawning, non-spawning, and non-sampled beaches on eastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. They found microplastics present across all beach types, raising concern about potential exposure of sand lance eggs to plastic contamination in the beach sediments where they are deposited. The study provides the first data on microplastic prevalence at sand lance spawning habitat on the Pacific coast of Canada.
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of microplastics in selected sand lance “spawning” beaches (locations where sand lance eggs were observed), “non-spawning” beaches (locations where sand lance eggs were sampled but were not observed) and “non-sampled” beaches (locations that were not sampled for sand lance eggs) on eastern Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.