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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2022-12-01
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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 |