Alice F Feitosa, Ícaro B H M P Menezes, Oscar S Duarte, Carminda S B Salmito-Vanderley, Pedro B M Carneiro, Rufino N A Azevedo, André H B Oliveira, Ana C S Luz, Adriana P Nascimento, Ronaldo F Nascimento, Laercio L Martins, Rivelino M Cavalcante, Caroline V Feitosa
Sea turtle mortality is often related to materials that reach the coast from different anthropic activities worldwide. This study aimed to investigate whether sea turtle mortality was related to older marine problems, such as solid waste, or one of the largest oil spill accidents on the Brazilian coast, that occurred in 2019. We posed three questions: 1) Are there solid residues in the digestive tract samples, and which typology is the most abundant? 2) Can meso‑ and macro-waste marine pollutants cause mortality? 3) Is the dark material found really oil? A total of 25 gastrointestinal content (GC) samples were obtained, of which 22 ingested waste of anthropogenic origin and 18 were necropsied...
February 18, 2024: Aquatic Toxicology