title: Physical and chemical effects of ingested plastic debris on short-tailed shearwaters, Puffinus tenuirostris, in the North Pacific Ocean.
abstract: We investigated the plastics ingested by short-tailed shearwaters, Puffinus tenuirostris, that were accidentally caught during experimental fishing in the North Pacific Ocean in 2003 and 2005. The mean mass of plastics found in the stomach was 0.23 g per bird (n=99). Plastic mass did not correlate with body weight. Total PCB (sum of 24 congeners) concentrations in the abdominal adipose tissue of 12 birds ranged from 45 to 529 ng/g-lipid. Although total PCBs or higher-chlorinated congeners, the mass of ingested plastic correlated positively with concentrations of lower-chlorinated congeners. The effects of toxic chemicals present in plastic debris on bird physiology should be investigated.
authors: Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry (LOG), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan. reiy@cc.tuat.ac.jp
authors: Rei
authors: R
authors: Yamashita
authors: Hideshige
authors: H
authors: Takada
authors: Masa-aki
authors: MA
authors: Fukuwaka
authors: Yutaka
authors: Y
authors: Watanuki
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000378:metabolism*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000662:veterinary; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010969:Plastics / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification / Q000633:toxicity*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification / Q000633:toxicity; D011108:Polymers / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification / Q000633:toxicity; D012621:Seasons; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000662:veterinary; D013270:Stomach / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects; D014866:Waste Products / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D011108:Polymers; D014866:Waste Products; D014873:Water Pollutants; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls