Microplastics on the Menu: Plastics Pollute Indonesian Manta Ray and Whale Shark Feeding Grounds

Microplastics on the Menu: Plastics Pollute Indonesian Manta Ray and Whale Shark Feeding Grounds

The implications of plastic pollution, including microplastics, on marine ecosystems and species are increasingly seen as an environmental disaster. Yet few reports focus on filter-feeding megafauna in regions heavily impacted by plastic pollution, such as Indonesia in the Coral Triangle, a global m...

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Main Authors: Elitza S. Germanov, Andrea D. Marshall, I. Gede Hendrawan, Ryan Admiraal, Christoph A. Rohner, Janis Argeswara, Raka Wulandari, Mahardika R. Himawan, Neil R. Loneragan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Mobula alfredi
Rhincodon typus
marine debris
conservation ecology
flagship species
base-line
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00679/full

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