کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4476552 1315598 2016 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Incidence of plastic debris in Sooty Tern nests: A preliminary study on Trindade Island, a remote area of Brazil
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
بروز زباله های پلاستیکی در لانه های دوده‌ای پرستوی دریایی: یک مطالعه مقدماتی بر روی ترینداد جزیره، یک منطقه راه دور از برزیل
کلمات کلیدی
اقیانوس اطلس؛ مواد لانه؛ پرستوهای دریایی ؛ آلاینده؛ چرخ زدن اقیانوسی؛ SEABIRD
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات اقیانوس شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی


• Plastic is a main threat for marine organisms.
• Seabirds are known for ingest plastic or take plastic as nesting material.
• We registered nests of Sooty Terns in a tropical pelagic island with plastic debris.
• Data and inspection of plastic pollution on such remote areas deserve more attention.

Plastic is abundant in the oceans, reaching pelagic zones away from continents. Here we present the first recordings of plastic used as nest material in Sooty Tern nests, on a remote oceanic island. We describe our findings in terms of quantity, size and color of plastic debris. A total of 78 plastics were noted in 54 nests. Four color categories were found: Blue, White, Green and Red. Blue fragments were the most frequent color, present three times as much as white debris. This pattern was present despite blue fragments being smaller and lighter. The plastic debris of lowest frequency were the larger and heavier pieces (red). To our knowledge this is the first record of plastic in Sooty Tern nests. Trindade Island is on an oceanic zone expected to accumulate garbage due to the dynamic ocean currents. Such findings call for a closer inspection of pollution in the Atlantic Ocean.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin - Volume 105, Issue 1, 15 April 2016, Pages 373–376
نویسندگان
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