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Acoustic signature of plastic marine debris mimics the prey items of deep-diving cetaceans.

Journal Article Marine pollution bulletin · December 2024 It is largely assumed that odontocetes voluntarily ingest plastic marine debris because they visually mistake it for prey. However, deep-diving whales do not rely on visual systems to forage and instead employ echolocation. Whether or not these whales misi ... Full text Open Access Cite

Microplastics in marine mammal blubber, melon, & other tissues: Evidence of translocation.

Journal Article Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · October 2023 Marine mammals consume large quantities of microplastic particles, likely via trophic transfer (i.e., through prey who have consumed plastic) and direct consumption from seawater or sediment. Microplastics have been found in the stomachs, gastro-intestinal ... Full text Cite

A growing crisis for One Health: Impacts of plastic pollution across layers of biological function

Journal Article Frontiers in Marine Science · November 2, 2022 The global accumulation of plastic waste has reached crisis levels. The diverse and multilayered impacts of plastic on biological health prompts an evaluation of these effects from a One Health perspective, through which the complexity of these processes c ... Full text Cite

A transdisciplinary approach to reducing global plastic pollution

Journal Article Frontiers in Marine Science · October 28, 2022 Full text Cite

Maternal foraging trip duration as a population-level index of foraging and reproductive success for the northern fur seal

Journal Article Marine Ecology Progress Series · May 20, 2021 The duration of maternal foraging trips has been regarded as an indicator of foraging conditions in many marine mammals, including northern fur seals Callorhinus ursinus (NFS). However, previous work has focused on indivi ... Full text Open Access Cite