The past 30 years have seen several paradigm shifts in our understanding of how ocean
ecosystems function. Now recent technological advances add to an overwhelming body of …

El 80 por ciento de la contaminación del mar por plástico deriva de fuentes terrestres; el 20
por ciento restante es de origen marino. La contaminación por plástico produce obturación …

In recent years, jellyfish blooms have attracted considerable scientific interest for their
potential impacts on human activities and ecosystem functioning, with much attention paid to …

Interest on jellyfish research has significantly increased over the last two decades, mostly
driven by the potential benefits of their high‐end uses. Recent efforts have been put forward …

The monitoring of plastic pollution through marine biota is a difficult task, which is receiving
increasing attention nowadays. A selection of appropriate bioindicator species for plastic …

Ingestion of artificial debris is considered as a significant stress for wildlife including sea
turtles. To investigate how turtles react to artificial debris under natural conditions, we …

Gelatinous zooplankton can be present in high biomass and taxonomic diversity in
planktonic oceanic food webs, yet the trophic structuring and importance of this “jelly web” …

Stable isotope analysis is a useful tool to track animal movements in both terrestrial and
marine environments. These intrinsic markers are assimilated through the diet and may …

Ingestion of anthropogenic debris represents an important threat to marine turtle
populations. Information has been limited to inventories of debris ingested and its …

The present study combines esophageal lavage (n= 74), stomach content (n= 52) and stable
isotope analysis (n= 126) to understand the ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles …