Understanding sea turtle diets can help conservation planning, but their trophic ecology is
complex due to life history characteristics such as ontogenetic shifts and large foraging …

Based on the critical review of the literature published in the last 22 years, an attempt was
made to evaluate the current knowledge gap on the distribution and status of the native …

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are environmentally persistent and pervasive.
Understanding the toxicity of PFAS to wildlife is difficult, both due to the complexity of biotic …

Sea turtles can be considered a sentinel species for monitoring the health of marine
ecosystems, acting, at the same time, as a carrier of microorganisms. Indeed, sea turtles can …

Plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea has been widely reported, but its impact on
biodiversity has not been fully explored. Simultaneous sampling of microplastics (MP) with a …

Sea turtles have been proposed as health indicators of marine habitats and carriers of
antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, for their longevity and migratory lifestyle. Up to now, a …

Dietary studies provide key insights into threats and changes within ecosystems and
subsequent impacts on focal species. Diet is particularly challenging to study within marine …

Gut microbiota are essential to maintain host health and fitness largely through its influence
with behavior, development and reproduction of host, particular among the amniotic …

An animal's gut microbiota plays an important role in host health, reproduction and
digestion. However, many studies focus on only a few individuals or a single species …

Background The microbiota plays a critical role in host homeostasis and has been shown to
be a major driving force in host evolution. However, our understanding of these important …