Marine pollution bulletin
No evidence of sex differences in plastic ingestion by Sable Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) chicks.
Alexander L Bond, Jennell Reynolds, Alix M de Jersey, Megan L Grant, Jack Rivers-Auty, Claire Griffin, Jennifer L Lavers
Published: 202610.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119324
Abstract
Sex-based differences in plastic ingestion by wildlife are understudied. Studies from the 1980s of birds shot at sea found no sex differences in plastic ingestion by post-fledging and adult birds, but nest-bound age classes remain unstudied. We quant…
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