Episodic records of jellyfish ingestion of plastic items reveal a novel pathway for trophic transference of marine litter

Invertebrates represent the most plentiful component of marine biodiversity. To date, only few species have been documented for marine litter intake. Here, we report for the first time the presence of macroplastic debris in a jellyfish species. Such novel target to plastic pollution highlights an under studied vector of marine litter along marine trophic web, raising further concern over the impact on marine wildlife.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Scientific Reports

• Publication date

  2018-04-17

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-24427-7PMID 29666447PMCID 5904158
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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