Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Science Article 1 abstract Plastic ingestion by seabirds is well documented (see Laist 1997for a list of species with ingestion records). However, casesdefinitively attributing seabird mortality to ingestion of plastic arerare. Seabirds that die from ingestion often suffer obstruction of thegastrointestinal tract. Ultimately, the birds die of starvation andoften quickly sink […]
Tag: Morus bassanus
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Sulidae | [latin] Morus bassanus | [UK] Northern Gannet | [FR] Fou de Bassan | [DE] Basstolpel | [ES] Alcatraz Atlantico | [NL] Jan van Gent Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics The Northern Gannet is one of three subspecies of Gannet Morus bassanus in the world: the other two occur along […]