Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : plastic particles in the northern fulmar.: En4-144/94-2020E-PDF
"Plastics have become part of the everyday lives of Canadians and populations around the world. Poor waste management, as well as improper disposal, have resulted in large amounts of plastic waste entering the environment as plastic pollution. Globally, it is estimated that about 8 million tonnes of plastic pollution enter the oceans every year. This plastic waste can be unintentionally ingested by seabirds, such as the Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), which feed at the surface of the oceans. Sampling plastic in the stomachs of seabirds provides information on plastic pollution on the surface of Canada's oceans. The indicator described here reports the percentage of Northern Fulmars with 0.1 gram (g) or more of plastic in their stomachs at a national and a regional level"--Page 5.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada, issuing body. |
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| Title | Canadian environmental sustainability indicators : plastic particles in the northern fulmar. |
| Variant title | Plastic particles in the northern fulmar |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Indicateurs canadiens de durabilité de l'environnement : particules de plastique dans le fulmar boréal. Issued also in HTML format. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | Gatineau QC : Environment and Climate Change Canada = Environnement et changement climatique Canada, December 2020. ©2020 |
| Description | 1 online resource (12 pages) : colour illustration, colour map |
| ISBN | 9780660362151 |
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| Subject terms | Fulmarus glacialis -- Effect of water pollution on -- Canada. Microplastics -- Environmental aspects -- Canada. Environmental indicators -- Canada. |