Adverse effects of plastic ingestion on the Mediterranean small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104876
Abstract: Plastics are widely diffused in the oceans and their ingestion by marine organisms is raising concern for potentially adverse effects. The risk of harmful interactions with marine plastic pollution depends on the biology of the… read more here.
Keywords: catshark scyliorhinus; spotted catshark; canicula; adverse effects ... See more keywords
Levels of ingested debris vary across species in Canadian Arctic seabirds.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.11.051
Abstract: Plastic debris has become a major pollutant in the world's oceans and is found in many seabird species from low to high latitudes. Here we compare levels of plastic ingestion from two surface feeders, northern… read more here.
Keywords: vary across; levels ingested; across species; ingested debris ... See more keywords
The waste collector: information from a pilot study on the interaction between the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris, Cuvier, 1797) and marine litter in bottom traps fishing and first evidence of plastic ingestion.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113185
Abstract: Few studies focused on behaviour adaptations of organisms to marine litter (ML) pollution in Mediterranean Sea. This research, investigates on some behavior traits of Octopus vulgaris, focusing on the interaction with ML during the artisanal… read more here.
Keywords: octopus vulgaris; pilot study; interaction; plastic ingestion ... See more keywords
A quantitative analysis linking sea turtle mortality and plastic debris ingestion
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30038-z
Abstract: Plastic in the marine environment is a growing environmental issue. Sea turtles are at significant risk of ingesting plastic debris at all stages of their lifecycle with potentially lethal consequences. We tested the relationship between… read more here.
Keywords: sea; plastic debris; plastic ingestion; ingestion ... See more keywords
Uncovering the sub-lethal impacts of plastic ingestion by shearwaters using fatty acid analysis
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DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coz017
Abstract: Our study is the first to describe the fatty acid composition of the liver, breast muscle, and adipose tissue from flesh-footed (Ardenna carneipes) and short-tailed shearwaters (A. tenuirostris) and uses this technique to explore possible… read more here.
Keywords: uncovering sub; fatty acid; sub lethal; lethal impacts ... See more keywords
Plastic ingestion is an underestimated cause of death for southern hemisphere albatrosses
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DOI: 10.1111/conl.12785
Abstract: Albatrosses are among the world’s most imperiled vertebrates, with 73% of species threatenedwith extinction. Ingestion of plastic is awell-recognized threat among threeNorth Pacific species, but lesser known in the southern hemisphere, where it is considered… read more here.
Keywords: cause death; threat; ingestion; southern hemisphere ... See more keywords
Plastic ingestion as an evolutionary trap: Toward a holistic understanding
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abh0945
Abstract: Human activities are changing our environment. Along with climate change and a widespread loss of biodiversity, plastic pollution now plays a predominant role in altering ecosystems globally. Here, we review the occurrence of plastic ingestion… read more here.
Keywords: plastic; evolutionary trap; plastic ingestion; ingestion evolutionary ... See more keywords