| prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the north atlantic. | marine birds have been found to ingest plastic debris in many of the world's oceans. plastic accumulation data from necropsies findings and regurgitation studies are presented on 13 species of marine birds in the north atlantic, from georgia, usa to nunavut, canada and east to southwest greenland and the norwegian sea. of the species examined, the two surface plungers (great shearwaters puffinus gravis; northern fulmars fulmarus glacialis) had the highest prevalence of ingested plastic (71% and ... | 2014 | 24837321 |