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Unseen Predators: Marine Life and the Plastic Diet

2025
Ana Isabel Hernandez‐Soriano, Arely Areanely Cruz‐Salas, Sheila Liliana Dafne Lobato-Rocha, Aylin Geraldine Rodríguez-Villa, Natalia Paulina Martínez-Toledo, Juan Carlos Álvarez‐Zeferino

Summary

This review compiles evidence of plastic and microplastic ingestion across a wide range of marine species, documenting the physical and chemical harm caused to marine organisms throughout the food web. Because humans consume seafood, the plastics accumulating in marine life represent a direct pathway for microplastic exposure in human diets.

Plastic pollution in marine ecosystems has become an urgent environmental issue, affecting different marine organisms and their habitats. This chapter reviews the occurrence and effects reported of plastic and microplastic ingestion across marine species,...

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