Far from urban areas: plastic uptake in fish populations of subtropical headwater streams

Abstract This study investigated the occurrence of plastic particles in the digestive tracts of fish from headwater streams in a human-thinly populated region of the subtropical Sinos River basin in southern Brazil. In total, 258 individuals from 17 species were collected using electric fishing. Thi...

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Main Authors: A. L. Bauer, M. Ferraz, V. C. Souza, U. H. Schulz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2022-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842022000100774&tlng=en