Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Field measurements reveal exposure risk to microplastic ingestion by filter-feeding megafauna

  • S. R. Kahane-Rapport,
  • M. F. Czapanskiy,
  • J. A. Fahlbusch,
  • A. S. Friedlaender,
  • J. Calambokidis,
  • E. L. Hazen,
  • J. A. Goldbogen,
  • M. S. Savoca

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33334-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Combining microplastic data from the California Current Ecosystem with high-resolution foraging measurements from 191 tag deployments on blue, fin and humpback whales, this study quantifies plastic ingestion rates and routes of exposure risk in filter-feeding megafauna.