Use of marine debris as nest material by ospreys.
Anthropogenic material
Entanglement risk
Nest-building
Plastic pollution
Productivity
Raptor
Reproduction
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
received:
25
05
2023
revised:
12
08
2023
accepted:
14
08
2023
medline:
12
9
2023
pubmed:
27
8
2023
entrez:
26
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The use of anthropogenic debris as nest-building materials may affect nest function. We study ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) on an island with scarce vegetation and high availability of beached marine debris. We describe the anthropogenic debris in osprey nests, evaluate the factors affecting its prevalence and abundance, and test its potential effects on breeding parameters. We also quantify plastic entanglements among adults and nestlings. Of the 36 studied nests, 92 % included non-natural items, with plastic being the most frequent material (88.9 %). Nests that were bigger and closer to the coast had more anthropogenic items. The abundance of anthropogenic items in nests did not correlate with osprey breeding parameters. We recorded two live entangled adult females, which represent 3.9 % of the adult population. Monitoring the abundance of anthropogenic debris and its effects on wildlife is necessary to guarantee long-term viability of coastal wildlife.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37632982
pii: S0025-326X(23)00856-1
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115422
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Plastics
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
115422Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.