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An integrated image of the effect of multiple stressors (temperature rise & plastic chemical pollution) on the harpacticoid copepod Nitokra spinipes

Els de Vreede (Student); Bram Verkruysse (Docent); Ana Catarino (Begeleider)

Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has reinforced climate change to alarming rates and has introduced new stressors such as plastic pollution to the environment. Currently, 4.8 - 12.7 million tons of plastic litters enter the oceans every year. Globally alternatives to replace synthetic-based …

2021-06-30Natuur & LandbouwBachelor

The effect of ingested plastic on the short-tailed shearwater and what measures NGOs can take to minimalize these effects

Seidensticker, S. (Student); Stolk, D. (Student); Assink, S.M.; Rippen, J.C.

Plastic pollution has increased over the years and this affects especially seabirds which are vulnerable to this type of pollution. A species that is used as indicator species for plastic pollution is the short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris). These seabirds belong to the procellariids group …

2020-02-01AlgemeenBachelor

Composition and characteristics of plastic in the stomachs of northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)

Kühn, S. (Student); Strijkstra, A.M.; Hofman, P.A.G.

This bachelor thesis reports on a study conducted at the research institute IMARES in the Netherlands. It focused on plastics ingested by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) around the North Sea region as a contribution to a better understanding of the fulmar in its role as an indicator for marine …

2012-08-20AlgemeenBachelor

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