Plastic ingestion as an evolutionary trap: Toward a holistic understanding

Plastic ingestion by marine fish is widespread and increasing

(2021) Matthew S. Savoca et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

(2020) Susanne Kühn et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Odors from marine plastic debris elicit foraging behavior in sea turtles

(2020) Joseph B. Pfaller et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The evolution of conspecific acceptance threshold models

(2020) Hannah M. Scharf et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Estimating the size distribution of plastics ingested by animals

(2020) Ifan B. Jâms et al.   Nature Communications

Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus

(2020) Elisa Bergami et al.   Biology Letters

Quantifying impacts of plastic debris on marine wildlife identifies ecological breakpoints

(2020) Nina Marn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

(2020) Winnie W. Y. Lau et al.   SCIENCE

The global odyssey of plastic pollution

(2020) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   SCIENCE

Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States

(2020) Janice Brahney et al.   SCIENCE

Simple Aesthetic Sense and Addiction Emerge in Neural Relations of Cost-Benefit Decision in Foraging

(2020) Ekaterina D. Gribkova et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastics in Freshwater: What Is the News from the World?

(2020) Alessandra Cera et al.   Diversity-Basel

Exploring plastic-induced satiety in foraging green turtles

(2020) Robson G. Santos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution

(2020) Stephanie B. Borrelle et al.   SCIENCE

Feeding behavior responses of a juvenile hybrid grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus♀ × E. lanceolatus♂, to microplastics

(2020) Jiayi Xu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Disentangling the influence of taxa, behaviour and debris ingestion on seabird mortality

(2020) Lauren Roman et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A catchment-scale perspective of plastic pollution

(2019) Fredric M. Windsor et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Scavenging as a pathway for plastic ingestion by marine animals

(2019) Ryan Andrades et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Clinical Pathology of Plastic Ingestion in Marine Birds and Relationships with Blood Chemistry

(2019) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Patterns, dynamics and consequences of microplastic ingestion by the temperate coral, Astrangia poculata

(2019) Randi D. Rotjan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Terrestrial ecologists should stop ignoring plastic pollution in the Anthropocene time

(2019) Agustina Malizia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Threats Underestimated in Freshwater Plastic Pollution: Mini-Review

(2019) Martín C. M. Blettler et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

What is known and unknown about the effects of plastic pollution: A meta‐analysis and systematic review

(2019) K. Bucci et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The perfect threat: Pesticides and vultures

(2019) Pablo I. Plaza et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Challenges of Learning to Escape Evolutionary Traps

(2019) Alison L. Greggor et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

How many species of mammals are there?

(2018) Connor J Burgin et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Microplastics: No Small Problem for Filter-Feeding Megafauna

(2018) Elitza S. Germanov et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A nutritional perspective on plastic ingestion in wildlife

(2018) Gabriel E. Machovsky-Capuska et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Use of estuarine resources by top predator fishes. How do ecological patterns affect rates of contamination by microplastics?

(2018) Guilherme V.B. Ferreira et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition in water, sediments, and wild fish from Poyang Lake, China

(2018) Wenke Yuan et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

(2017) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Chemoreception drives plastic consumption in a hard coral

(2017) Austin S. Allen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Odours from marine plastic debris induce food search behaviours in a forage fish

(2017) Matthew S. Savoca et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Amberstripe scad Decapterus muroadsi (Carangidae) fish ingest blue microplastics resembling their copepod prey along the coast of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2017) Nicolas Christian Ory et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Marine debris ingestion and Thayer's law – The importance of plastic color

(2016) Robson G. Santos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

In situ ingestion of microfibres by meiofauna from sandy beaches

(2016) Felipe Gusmão et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic mistaken for prey by a colony-breeding Eleonora's falcon ( Falco eleonorae ) in the Mediterranean Sea, revealed by camera-trap

(2016) Ronny Steen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

(2016) C. N. Waters et al.   SCIENCE

Marine plastic debris emits a keystone infochemical for olfactory foraging seabirds

(2016) M. S. Savoca et al.   Science Advances

Changes in the Floating Plastic Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea in Relation to the Distance to Land

(2016) Maria Luiza Pedrotti et al.   PLoS One

Defining the Anthropocene

(2015) Simon L. Lewis et al.   NATURE

Threat of plastic pollution to seabirds is global, pervasive, and increasing

(2015) Chris Wilcox et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction

(2015) G. Ceballos et al.   Science Advances

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Global Analysis of Anthropogenic Debris Ingestion by Sea Turtles

(2013) QAMAR SCHUYLER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Erratum: Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

(2013)   Nature Geoscience

Wildlife Ecotoxicology of Pesticides: Can We Track Effects to the Population Level and Beyond?

(2013) H.-R. Kohler et al.   SCIENCE

Ecological novelty and the emergence of evolutionary traps

(2013) Bruce A. Robertson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions: a global assessment

(2012) JOHN P. CROXALL et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

To Eat or Not to Eat? Debris Selectivity by Marine Turtles

(2012) Qamar Schuyler et al.   PLoS One

State of the World's Freshwater Ecosystems: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Changes

(2011) Stephen R. Carpenter et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives

(2011) W. Steffen et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Marine Reptiles

(2011) Arne Redsted Rasmussen et al.   PLoS One

Scavenging: how carnivores and carrion structure communities

(2011) Erin E. Wilson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Our plastic age

(2009) R. C. Thompson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Food unpredictability drives both generalism and social foraging: a game theoretical model

(2008) Sarah E. Overington et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Deposit- and suspension-feeding sea cucumbers (Echinodermata) ingest plastic fragments

(2008) Erin R. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY