… that the quality of the food may also be critically important for some marine predators. The
‘… that the junk-food hypothesis is a highly relevant factor in relation to sustaining ecosystem …

… called marine “junk food.” They hypothesize that in some cases, marine predators' prey is
being replaced by less nutritious species or, like the sprat, becoming leaner. Human junk food …

… ]; floating marine debris, which has spread to all reservoirs in all marine ecosystems including
… by marine turtles and potentially contributing to their deterioration as invasive species [C]; …

… krill and salp specimens, the fraction of ‘junk food’ corresponding to synthetic plastics that
these … marine ecosystems may be particularly sensitive to plastic pollution due to its short food …

… krill and salp specimens, the fraction of ‘junk food’ corresponding to synthetic plastics that
these … marine ecosystems may be particularly sensitive to plastic pollution due to its short food …

… Human fisheries substantially perturb marine ecosystems through destruction of marine
habitats, removal of organisms from higher trophic levels, accidental by-catch of non-target …

… marine environments. In this study, for the first time, we evaluate the polymer types of the
plastic marine … Plastic marine debris was ingested by 73.5% of green and 42.9% of loggerhead …

… In our review of the regime shift-‘‘junk food” hypothesis, it is also important to differentiate
between two types of food shortage-related nutritional stress to which Steller sea lions may be …

… Such food may be referred to as junk food: prey that is too lean for maintaining a good body
condition. Results show that there is a significant difference in prey composition between …

… In view of the widespread interest in the junk-food hypothesis, we performed an experiment
to test the hypothesis that differences in prey type translate directly into differences in growth …