Petry Maria V, Benemann Victória R F
Laboratório de Ornitologia e Animais Marinhos, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Avenida Unisinos 950, CEP 93022-000, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Laboratório de Ornitologia e Animais Marinhos, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Avenida Unisinos 950, CEP 93022-000, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2017 Apr 15;117(1-2):131-135. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.073. Epub 2017 Feb 1.
Seabirds are amongst the most affected organisms by plastic pollution worldwide. Ingestion of marine debris has been reported in at least 122 species, and owing to the increasing global production and persistence of these anthropogenic materials within the marine environment, it is expected to be a growing problem to the marine fauna. Here we report evidence of an increasing frequency in marine debris ingestion and a decrease in the amount of plastic pellets ingested by White-chinned Petrels attending south Brazilian waters during the last three decades. Future studies comprising large temporal scales and large sample sizes are needed to better understand the trends of marine debris ingestion by seabirds. We expect our findings to highlight the need for prevention policies and mitigation measures to reduce the amount of solid litter in the oceans.
海鸟是全球受塑料污染影响最严重的生物之一。至少122种海鸟被报道摄入海洋垃圾，由于这些人为材料在海洋环境中的全球产量不断增加且持续存在，预计这将成为海洋动物面临的一个日益严重的问题。在此，我们报告了过去三十年中，在巴西南部海域活动的白额圆尾鹱摄入海洋垃圾的频率增加，而摄入塑料颗粒的数量减少的证据。需要开展包括大时间尺度和大样本量的未来研究，以更好地了解海鸟摄入海洋垃圾的趋势。我们期望我们的研究结果能凸显出台预防政策和缓解措施以减少海洋中固体垃圾数量的必要性。
