Prevalence and composition of marine debris in Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) nests at Ashmore Reef

Lavers, Jennifer L.; Hodgson, Jarrod C.; Clarke, Rohan H.

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.09.026

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“…3A) (34, 35), lowered diversity of shoreline invertebrate communities (36), and increased hazard of entanglement for coastal-nesting seabirds (37,38). The presence of debris on beaches therefore negatively impacts marine biodiversity, particularly on remote islands where significant volumes of debris accumulate and where prevention or mitigation is extremely challenging and costly and requires considerable time.…”

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Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world’s most remote and pristine islands

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2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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In just over half a century plastic products have revolutionized human society and have infiltrated terrestrial and marine environments in every corner of the globe. The hazard plastic debris poses to biodiversity is well established, but mitigation and planning are often hampered by a lack of quantitative data on accumulation patterns. Here we document the amount of debris and rate of accumulation on Henderson Island, a remote, uninhabited island in the South Pacific. The density of debris was the highest reported anywhere in the world, up to 671.6 items/m2 (mean ± SD: 239.4 ± 347.3 items/m2) on the surface of the beaches. Approximately 68% of debris (up to 4,496.9 pieces/m2) on the beach was buried <10 cm in the sediment. An estimated 37.7 million debris items weighing a total of 17.6 tons are currently present on Henderson, with up to 26.8 new items/m accumulating daily. Rarely visited by humans, Henderson Island and other remote islands may be sinks for some of the world’s increasing volume of waste.

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Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world’s most remote and pristine islands

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Bond

2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Gannets and many other seabird species use seaweed to build their nests, but are known to frequently incorporate ropes, nets and other anthropogenic debris (Podolski and Kress 1989;Montevecchi 1991;Hartwig et al 2007;Votier et al 2011;Lavers et al 2013;Verlis et al 2014) (Fig. 4.1).…”

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Marine Anthropogenic Litter

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“…Seabirds are severely impacted, with 39% of 312 species ingesting marine debris (Gall and Thompson, 2015). Debris also impacts on seabird nests, but only a few studies have assessed the prevalence of this threat in specific localities in the North Atlantic and Oceania (Votier et al, 2011;Lavers et al, 2013;Verlis et al, 2014).…”

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Nests of the brown booby ( Sula leucogaster ) as a potential indicator of tropical ocean pollution by marine debris

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Prevalence and composition of marine debris in Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) nests at Ashmore Reef

Cited by 67 publications

References 27 publications

Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world’s most remote and pristine islands

Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world’s most remote and pristine islands

Marine Anthropogenic Litter

Nests of the brown booby ( Sula leucogaster ) as a potential indicator of tropical ocean pollution by marine debris

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