Figure 2
From: Mapping marine debris encountered by albatrosses tracked over oceanic waters
Examples of marine debris floating at the sea surface, recorded by video-loggers fitted on black-footed albatrosses breeding on Torishima, Japan. Styrofoam recorded from Bird 31 (a), styrofoam, Bird 48 (b), plastic, Bird 39 (c), plastic with barnacles, Bird 42 (d), styrofoam with barnacles, Bird 46 (e), fishing net with barnacles, Bird 49 (f), fishing net and rope with barnacles, Bird 49 (g), rope used in fisheries, harboring a Aluterus scriptus filefish, Bird 43 (h), and Bird 44 pecking at a plastic sheet (i). Images were extracted from footage taken during flight bouts (a–c), or during sitting-on-water bouts (d–i).
