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Interactions between breeding gulls and monofilament lines at one of the main recreational fishing sites in Argentina

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Anthropogenic pollution is widespread in Great Bowerbird bowers in northern Australia

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Investigating Plastic Pollution Ingestion in Migratory Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) in Ontario, Canada

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Ingestion of marine debris by Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica) on Lord Howe Island, Australia during 2005–2018

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Contaminantes en aves marinas de Sudamérica, una revisión sistemática

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Quantities of Marine Debris Ingested by Sea Turtles: Global Meta-Analysis Highlights Need for Standardized Data Reporting Methods and Reveals Relative Risk

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Status of Marine Debris Damage to Adult and Young Black-Tailed Gulls (Larus crassirostris) in Their Breeding Colonies in South Korea

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Microplastics in the Gulf of Mexico: A Bird’s Eye View

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Improving certainty in marine ecosystems: A biophysical modelling approach in the remote, data-limited Gulf of Carpentaria

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Little change in plastic loads in South Atlantic seabirds since the 1980s

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The use of vibrational spectroscopy and supervised machine learning for chemical identification of plastics ingested by seabirds

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Interactions between anthropogenic litter and birds: A global review with a ‘black-list’ of species

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Examining ingested microplastics in fish: Considerations on filter pore size, analysis time, and material costs to design cost-effective projects

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Microplastic Ingestion Induces Size-Specific Effects in Japanese Quail

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Regurgitated skua pellets containing the remains of South Atlantic seabirds can be used as biomonitors of small buoyant plastics at sea

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Microplastic ingestion by small coastal fish in the northern Baltic Sea, Finland

Erika Sainio, Maiju Lehtiniemi and Outi Setälä

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Polystyrene microparticles can affect the health status of freshwater fish – Threat of oral microplastics intake

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Ingested plastics in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis): A pathway for polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposure?

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Microplastic in northern anchovies (Engraulis mordax) and common murres (Uria aalge) from the Monterey Bay, California USA - Insights into prevalence, composition, and estrogenic activity

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Can the mass of plastic ingested by seabirds be predicted by the number of ingested items?

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Plastics in the stomach of two species of albatrosses in the western North Pacific

Risa SAKAI, Nodoka YAMADA, Bungo NISHIZAWA, Daisuke OCHI, Yasuaki NIIZUMA and Yutaka WATANUKI

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Marine debris boost in juvenile Magellanic penguins stranded in south-eastern Brazil in less than a decade: Insights into feeding habits and habitat use

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Microplastics in sea surface waters around Scotland

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Anthropogenic waste ingestion of Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears, Alaska (2010–2020)

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Urban waterbirds shifting microplastics

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Microplastic study reveals the presence of natural and synthetic fibres in the diet of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) foraging from South Georgia

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Microplastics in three typical benthic species from the Arctic: Occurrence, characteristics, sources, and environmental implications

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The ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on aquatic food web, from primary producer to human: A review

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Prey choice and ingestion of microplastics by common shelducks and common eiders in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site

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Microplastics in different tissues of some commercially important fish species from Anzali Wetland in the Southwest Caspian Sea, Northern Iran

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Postmortem examinations show human activity impacts over half of seabirds beach-cast in Brazil

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Plastic ingestion by marine fish is widespread and increasing

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Plastic burdens in northern fulmars from Svalbard: Looking back 25 years

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Microplastic in oysters: A review of global trends and comparison to southern Australia

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Use of anthropogenic debris as nesting materials in a south-Mediterranean yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) breeding colony in relation to their environmental availability

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The Effect of Carbodiimide on the Stability of Wood Fiber/Poly(lactic acid) Composites During Soil Degradation

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Plastics reset in an adult Procellariform seabird species during the breeding season

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Plastic-associated pathogens in marine environments: a meta-analysis

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Low abundance of microplastics in commercially caught fish across southern Australia

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Modelling and application of dissolved air flotation for efficient separation of microplastics from sludges and sediments

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‘Plasticosis’: Characterising macro- and microplastic-associated fibrosis in seabird tissues

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The Nutritional Ecology of Marine Apex Predators

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Plastic debris increases circadian temperature extremes in beach sediments

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A review of plastic debris in the South American Atlantic Ocean coast – Distribution, characteristics, policies and legal aspects

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Future monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic—challenges, opportunities, and strategies

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Ingested plastic and trace element concentrations in Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris)

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Microplastics: impacts on corals and other reef organisms

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Leachates from pyroplastics alter the behaviour of a key ecosystem engineer

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Life starts with plastic: High occurrence of plastic pieces in fledglings of northern fulmars

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Review of plastic pollution policies of Arctic countries in relation to seabirds

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Exposure to Microplastics Affects Fatty Acid Composition in the Japanese Quail Depending on Sex and Particle Size

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A review evaluating the gaps in plastic impacts in life cycle assessment

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Microplastic contamination of supraglacial debris differs among glaciers with different anthropic pressures

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Junk food: Interspecific and intraspecific distinctions in marine debris ingestion by marine turtles

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New insights into whale shark Rhincodon typus diet in Brazil: an observation of ram filter-feeding on crab larvae and analysis of stomach contents from the first stranding in Bahia state

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Monitoring macroplastic ingestion by birds and marine mammals in northeastern Patagonia, Argentina

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A Quantitative Analysis of Microplastics in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Odontocetes in the Southeast Region of the United States

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Diet of Leach's Storm-Petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) among Three Colonies in Atlantic Canada

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Plastic ingestion by juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) off the coast of Southern Brazil

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Plastic ingestion by seabirds in New Caledonia, South Pacific

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Microplastics footprint in nature reserves-a case study on the microplastics in the guano from Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve, China

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No microplastics detected in the first assessment of Atlantic walrus stomachs from Nunavut, Canada

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Plastic ingestion by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) in the Canadian Arctic and Northwest Atlantic

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Kelp Gulls and monofilament lines: Interactions and fisher perceptions at recreational fishing sites in coastal Patagonia, Argentina

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Plastics in the Pacific: Assessing risk from ocean debris for marine birds in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

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High frequency of plastic ingestion in procellariiform seabirds (albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters) in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

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An affordable method for monitoring plastic fibre ingestion in Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) and implementation on wide temporal and geographical scale comparisons

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Ingestion of marine debris by the White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis): Is it increasing over time off southern Brazil?

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First detection of plastic microfibers in a wild population of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) in the Chilean Northern Patagonia

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Marine Debris on Leucocarbo atriceps Nests at Beagle Channel, Argentina, Under Different Anthropic Scenarios

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Monitoring nest incorporation of anthropogenic debris by Northern Gannets across their range

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Junk food: A preliminary analysis of ingested marine debris by hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata and olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea sea turtles (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates

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Microplastics as a Threat to Aquatic Ecosystems and Human Health

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Cory's shearwater as a key bioindicator for monitoring floating plastics

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A Review of Marine Debris Research in Vietnam

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Is Awareness on Plastic Pollution Being Raised in Schools? Understanding Perceptions of Primary and Secondary School Educators

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The use of anthropogenic marine debris as a nesting material by brown boobies (Sula leucogaster)

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Exploring the pathology of liver, kidney, muscle, and stomach of fledgling seabirds associated with plastic ingestion

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Using feral pigeon (Columba livia) to monitor anthropogenic debris in urban areas: a case study in Taiwan’s capital city

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Pollution characteristics of microplastics in the wild tropical sea cucumber Holothuria atra (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) and its habitat at different seasons

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No accumulation of microplastics detected in western Canadian ringed seals (Pusa hispida)

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Marine debris ingestion by adults and fledglings of Swinhoe's storm petrels in the Republic of Korea

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Drivers of litter ingestion by sea turtles: Three decades of empirical data collected in Atlantic Europe and the Mediterranean

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