Abstract

Invertebrates represent the most plentiful component of marine biodiversity. To date, only few species have been documented for marine litter intake. Here, we report for the first time the presence of macroplastic debris in a jellyfish species. Such novel target to plastic pollution highlights an under studied vector of marine litter along marine trophic web, raising further concern over the impact on marine wildlife.

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Title
Episodic records of jellyfish ingestion of plastic items reveal a novel pathway for trophic transference of marine litter
Author
Macali, A 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Semenov, A 2 ; Venuti, V 3 ; Crupi, V 3 ; F D’Amico 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rossi, B 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Corsi, I 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bergami, E 5 

1  Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Ichthyogenic Experimental Marine Centre (CISMAR), Borgo Le Saline, Tuscia University, Tarquinia, VT, Italy 
2  N. A. Pertsov White Sea Biological Reseach Station, Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 
3  Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy 
4  Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Trieste, Italy 
5  Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy 
Pages
1-5
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Apr 2018
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24427-7
ProQuest document ID
2026391740
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.