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Título: Cetaceans as sentinel for marine litter, data from the Canary Islands (2000-2020)
Autores/as: Puig Lozano, Raquel Patricia 
Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús 
Bernaldo De Quirós Miranda, Yara 
Diaz Delgado, Josue 
García Álvarez, Natalia 
Sierra Pulpillo, Eva María 
Suarez Santana, Cristian Manuel 
Arregui Gil, Marina 
Rivero Santana, Miguel Antonio 
Arbelo Hernández, Manuel Antonio 
Clasificación UNESCO: 240119 Zoología marina
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Conferencia: Micro 2022
Resumen: Stranded cetaceans represent a significant opportunity to study the interaction of marine megafauna with plastic debris. In the Canary Islands, the major hotspot for cetacean biodiversity in European waters, 7.7% of stranded cetaceans ingest foreign bodies (FB), and almost 3% of studied cases die due to this lethal interaction (Puig-Lozano et al. 2018). In this study, we update the data on FB ingestion in stranded cetaceans from 2000 to 2020. We found a slightly lower prevalence of FB ingestion (6.7%;46/682) and deaths due to lesions produced by FB (2.05%;14/683). However, one more affected species was described (a total of 16 cetacean species), being deep divers more affected. As previously, plastics were the most prevalent item found (91.3%; 42/46), being classified as plastic bags and other domestic plastic debris (69%; 29/42), ropes (19%;8/42), nylon fishing line (9.5%; 4/42), packing (2.4%; 1/42) and net remains (2.4%; 1/42). Lesions varies due to severe ulcerative gastritis (28.3%; 13/46), gastric impactions (26%; 12/46), gastrointestinal perforations (0.04%; 2/46), stomatitis (0.04%; 2/46), glossitis (0.02%;1/46), cicatrized ulcers in stomach (0.02%;1/46), and absence of lesions or not possible to evaluate due to the advance decomposition of the carcasses (32.6%; 15/456). Also, metal filaments (4.3%; 2/46), clothes (2,2%; 1/46), and glass fragment (2,2%; 1/46) has been found. Eisfeld-Pierantoni et al. (2022) warned about the environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic to marine plastic pollution, which is expected to produce serious consequences for marine life, including cetaceans. In fact, in March of this year, an adult female common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), stranded on Arico, Tenerife, presented an ingested facemask within other disposable plastics and nets on the forestomach, which may contribute to its death. Ongoing studies on FB ingestion in cetaceans are crucial to monitoring ocean health and future environmental conservation policies in this archipelago.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/119493
Fuente: Micro 2022, Lanzarote
Colección:Ponencias
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