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SUBMITTER: Jams IB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7101383 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jâms Ifan B IB Windsor Fredric M FM Poudevigne-Durance Thomas T Ormerod Steve J SJ Durance Isabelle I
Nature communications 20200327 1
The ingestion of plastics appears to be widespread throughout the animal kingdom with risks to individuals, ecosystems and human health. Despite growing information on the location, abundance and size distribution of plastics in the environment, it cannot be assumed that any given animal will ingest all sizes of plastic encountered. Here, we use published data to develop an allometric relationship between plastic consumption and animal size to estimate the size distribution of plastics feasibly ...[more]