• Can plastic related chemicals be indicators of plastic ingestion in an Arctic seabird? 

      Collard, France; Tulatz, Felix; Harju, Mikael; Herzke, Dorte; Bourgeon, Sophie; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      For decades, the northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) has been found to ingest and accumulate high loads of plastic due to its feeding ecology and digestive tract morphology. Plastic ingestion can lead to both physical and ...
    • The challenges of opportunistic sampling when comparing prevalence of plastics in diving seabirds: A multi-species example from Norway 

      Benjaminsen, Stine Charlotte; Dehnhard, Nina; Herzke, Dorte; Johnsen, Arild; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Bourgeon, Sophie; Collard, France; Langset, Magdalene; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe; Gabrielsen, Geir W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      There is a need for baseline information about how much plastics are ingested by wildlife and potential negative consequences thereof. We analysed the frequency of occurrence (FO) of plastics >1 mm in the stomachs of five ...
    • Evaluation of meso- and microplastic ingestion by the northern fulmar through a non-lethal sampling method 

      Collard, France; Strøm, Hallvard; Fayet, Marie-Océane; Gudmundsson, Fannar Theyr; Herzke, Dorte; Hotvedt, Ådne; Løchen, Arja Katrina Lea Arnesen; Malherbe, Cédric; Eppe, Gauthier; Gabrielsen, Geir W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      An increasing number of organisms from the polar regions are reported contaminated by plastic. Rarely a non-killing sampling method is used. In this study we wanted to assess plastic levels using stomach flushing and ...
    • First documentation of plastic ingestion in the arctic glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) 

      Benjaminsen, Stine Charlotte; Bourgeon, Sophie; Herzke, Dorte; Ask, Amalie; Collard, France; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Arctic wildlife is facing multiple stressors, including increasing plastic pollution. Seabirds are intrinsic to marine ecosystems, but most seabird populations are declining. We lack knowledge on plastic ingestion in many ...
    • Implications of Regurgitative Feeding on Plastic Loads in Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis): A Study from Svalbard 

      Tulatz, Felix; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Bourgeon, Sophie; Herzke, Dorte; Krapp, Rupert; Langset, Magdalene; Neumann, Svenja; Lippold, Anna; Collard, France (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Procellariiform seabirds like northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) are prone to ingest and accumulate floating plastic pieces. In the North Sea region, there is a long tradition to use beached fulmars as biomonitors for ...
    • Plastic burdens in northern fulmars from Svalbard: Looking back 25 years 

      Collard, France; Bangjord, Georg; Herzke, Dorte; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis ingests a larger number of (micro)plastics than many other seabirds due to its feeding habits and gut morphology. Since 2002, they are bioindicators of marine plastics in the North ...
    • Plastic ingestion and associated additives in Faroe Islands chicks of the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 

      Collard, France; Leconte, Simon; Danielsen, Jóhannis; Halsband, Claudia; Herzke, Dorte; Harju, Mikael; Tulatz, Felix; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing; Tarroux, Arnaud (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) are a pelagic seabird species distributed at northern and polar latitudes. They are often used as an indicator of plastic pollution in the North Sea region, but data are lacking from ...