Widespread microplastic pollution in mangrove soils of Todos os Santos Bay, northern Brazil.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112952
Abstract: Microplastics have been studied in sediments from coastal and aquatic environments, but contamination of mangrove soils is still relatively unknown in most mangroves around the world. In this study, the presence of microplastics was investigated… read more here.
Keywords: mangrove; mangrove soils; todos santos; santos bay ... See more keywords
Widespread microplastic ingestion by fish assemblages in tropical estuaries subjected to anthropogenic pressures.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.081
Abstract: Our aim was to quantify microplastic ingestion by fish assemblages in two tropical Brazilian estuaries and to evaluate whether biological and ecological factors influence the ingestion of microplastics by fish species. Of 2233 fish from… read more here.
Keywords: widespread microplastic; microplastic ingestion; ingestion; ingestion fish ... See more keywords