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Fulmar Litter EcoQO monitoring in the Netherlands : update 2016

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IMARES Onderzoeksformatie, J.A. van Franeker, Susanne Kühn, A. Meijboom

Summary

This report updated the Fulmar Litter EcoQO monitoring program in the Netherlands through 2016, using the plastic stomach contents of Northern Fulmars as indicators of marine litter levels in the North Sea. The seabird-based monitoring approach provides a long-term, ecologically meaningful measure of marine plastic pollution in European waters.

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PhotoSeabirds mirror the environmental conditions in their marine habitat.Plastics in stomach contents of Northern Fulmars reflect the levels of marine litter in their oceanic foraging areas.As such, they can be used as indicators of ecosystem quality in European policy.(front page photo: Fulmar searching for food at the Faroe Islands)RWS Centrale Informatievoorziening BM 17.23

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