Widespread microplastic ingestion by fish assemblages in tropical estuaries subjected to anthropogenic pressures

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 448-455

  Vendel, A L ^a   Bessa, F ^b   Alves, V E N ^a   Amorim, A L A ^a   Patricio J ^b   Palma, A R T ^c  

^a Paraiba State University   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Feeding guilds; Functional groups; Gut contents; Human impact; Size

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; FEEDING GUILDS; GUT CONTENTS; HUMAN IMPACT; SIZE;

ESTUARIES;

PLASTIC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIET; ESTUARY; FISH; GUILD; INGESTION RATE; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; FISH; INGESTION; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH; TROPICS; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STOMACH JUICE;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PLASTICS;

EID: 85012869123     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.081     Document Type: Article

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