Title
First record of microplastics in the endangered marine otter (Lontra felina)
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
SAREM Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamiferos
Abstract
Lontra felina inhabits the coast of Peru and Chile frequently closed to human beach resorts and fishing ports which are common focus of anthropogenic pollution like solid waste and plastics are part of this as persistent material. In consequence the habitat for L. felina reduce its quality and indirect potential intake of plastic is a high risk. Here we present the first documented evidence of the occurrence of microplastics in the scats of L. felina. This evidence gives a first insight on the trophic transfer of microplastics in the marine web, where top predators like L. felina are also included.
Start page
211
End page
215
Volume
27
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85090514358
PubMed ID
Source
Mastozoologia Neotropical
ISSN of the container
03279383
Sponsor(s)
The authors are grateful to Dr. Maria Bebianno and PhD. Juan Valqui for their useful comments and suggestions on this document. We thank MBA Johanna Poggi, Director of Environmental Engineering School at Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL) and Eng. Sandra Casimiro Head of Research and Teaching Laboratories at USIL for providing the facilities for the analysis of the samples. We are especially grateful with Blgst. Aldo Villanueva and the administration of Toyo Seco beach resort that gave us the facilities to access to Punta Corrientes.
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