Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)AnimalsMicroplasticsEstuariesWater PollutantsChemical
First report on microplastics ingestion in the Critically Endangered spiny butterfly ray Gymnura altavela (Elasmobranchii, Gymnuridae) from a Southwestern Atlantic estuary.
Júlia Vianna de Pinho, Anita Melo, Julia Scarpa, Arthur Costa, Clara Velloso Teixeira-Leite, Carlos Adam Conte-Junior, Marcelo Vianna, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis
Published: 202610.1016/j.envpol.2025.127564
Abstract
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems and can trigger various harmful effects on key species. Studies regarding sharks and rays (elasmobranchs) in this sense, however, are still scarce. Thus, this study assessed MP ingestion in the…
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