Historically, many additives and catalysts used in plastics were based on compounds of
toxic metals (and metalloids), like arsenic, cadmium, chromium (VI), and lead. Despite …

Plastic pollution has become one of the largest environmental challenges we currently face.
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has listed it as a critical problem …

The presence and persistence of microplastics in the environment is increasingly
recognized, however, how they are distributed throughout environmental systems requires …

Upcoming reform of the E uropean U nion (EU) C ommon F isheries P olicy will be the
biggest change in E uropean fisheries management for a generation. A central plank of this …

A comprehensive monograph on the Atlantic Puffin. With its colourful beak and fast, whirring
flight, this is the most recognisable and popular of all North Atlantic seabirds. Puffins spend …

The abundance and availability of food are critical determininants of reproductive success
and population dynamics of marine top predators. However, recent work has indicated that …

During reproduction, seabirds need to balance the demands of self‐and offspring‐
provisioning within the constraints imposed by central place foraging. To assess behavioral …

Traditional ecological research has focused on taxonomic units to better understand the role
of organisms in marine ecosystems. This approach has significantly contributed to our …

A model is presented of the annual consumption of prey by seabirds living in the Norwegian
and Barents seas (ICES Areas I, IIa, and IIb) based on the numbers of birds present at any …

Timing reproduction to overlap with peak prey availability is vital to success for many
species. This may be especially true for species that rely on one or a few prey species that …