Marine debris ingestion by the South American Fur Seal from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean
- Denuncio, Pablo Ezequiel
- Mandiola, María Agustina
- Pérez Salles, Sofía Belén
- Machado, Rodrigo
- Ott, Paulo H.
- Rosa de Oliveira, Larissa
- Rodriguez, Diego Horacio
DOIAbstract
In this paper, we examined the ingestion of marine debris (MD) in South American fur seals (SAFS), Arctocephalus australis, found dead in coastal beaches of northern Argentina and southern Brazil. Seven percent of 133 SAFS analyzed presented marine debris in their stomach (n = 10), with no differences between sampling countries (Brazil n = 7, Argentina n = 3) and sexes (female = 3; male = 6). However, significant differences were observed between ages classes, with MD exclusively present in stomach contents of young specimens. Plastics represents 90% of MD ingested by the SAFS, whereas regarding the source, fishery-related items (e.g. monofilament lines) were the main MD (70%), with a lesser proportion of packaging (e.g. pieces of bags). Lo...
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