The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been increasing in recent years,
particularly in newly industrialized nations. Environmental factors have been identified as …

Monitoring beach plastic contamination across space and time is necessary for
understanding its sources and ecological effects, and for guiding mitigation. This is …

This review article provides an account of coastal and marine bird species contaminated
with plastics in light of ingestion, taxonomy, feeding clusters, types, shapes, colours and …

Sewage treatment plants (STPs) as a carrier of microplastics (MPs) have received
considerable attention worldwide recently. In India, the majority of studies on MPs have …

Seabirds are apex predators in the marine environment and well-known ecosystem
engineers, capable of changing their terrestrial habitats by introducing marine-derived …

Abstract The Atlantic Islands National Park (AINP) in Galicia (NW of Spain) are host to large
colonies of yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis). Here, we aimed to provide baseline …

Seabirds have become biovectors of plastic pollutants between marine and terrestrial
ecosystems, and transport of plastics to their nesting sites becomes relevant due to …

Marine litter and more specifically plastic marine litter is nowadays considered a global
issue with unprecedented impact and consequences to the entire marine ecosystem and …

The pervasive use of plastic in modern society has led to plastic litter becoming ubiquitous
within the ocean. Land-based sources of plastic litter are thought to account for the majority …

The abundance and distribution of plastic debris at the sea surface shows considerable
variability over different spatial scales. Some of the oceanographic processes at small (< 1 …