First record of plastic debris in the stomach of a hooded seal pup from the Greenland Sea
2021
Pinzone, Marianna | Nordoy, Erling S. | Eppe, Gauthier | Malherbe, Cédric | Das, Krishna | Collard, France
English. peer reviewed
Show more [+] Less [-]English. We found plastic debris in the stomach of an Arctic seal pup for the first time. Debris consisted of two pieces of light single-use plastic. Newborns of Arctic seals are at risk of exposure to plastic directly after weaning. Ecotoxicological investigations of plastic exposure to Arctic wildlife are needed.
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