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ClearInfluence of Environmental Pollution on Animal Behavior
This review examined how environmental pollutants -- including air pollution, heavy metals, and plastics -- alter animal behavior by acting as physiological stressors, disrupting normal behavioral patterns governed by internal and external stimuli.
Animal exposure to microplastics and health effects: A review
Researchers reviewed how microplastic exposure affects animals across terrestrial and aquatic environments, finding that species suffer physical harm, chemical contamination from pollutants that stick to plastic surfaces, inflammation, and behavioral changes. Because microplastics accumulate up the food chain, the review warns that animals entering the human food supply may carry these particles into our bodies.
Discussing Behavioural Ecotoxicology in the Light of Some Environmentally Available Anthropogenic Contaminants and their Influence on Behavioural Alterations in Animals
This review paper summarizes research showing that common pollutants like pesticides, heavy metals, plastics, and pharmaceuticals can change how animals behave by affecting their nervous systems. Scientists study these behavioral changes in animals because they help us understand how these same pollutants might harm brain function in humans. This research is important because it gives us early warning signs about which environmental chemicals could be damaging our health.
Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution
Researchers investigated how chemical pollution affects wildlife behavior, arguing that conventional study approaches are insufficient and calling for new frontiers in quantifying behavioral responses to contaminants in free-living animal populations.
A review on effects of microplastics on animal, environment and human health considering One Health perspective
This review examines the effects of microplastics on animal, environmental, and human health from a One Health perspective, highlighting how microplastic contamination interconnects ecological, animal, and human health systems.
Impacts of Microplastic Exposure on Animal Physiology and Health: A Global Perspective
This global review synthesized evidence on microplastic health effects across diverse animal species and environments, covering physical damage, inflammatory responses, chemical toxicity, and behavioral changes. The authors emphasized long-term chronic toxicity as a key concern and highlighted microplastics' role as vectors for harmful substances within food chains.
Effects of environmental pollution on wildlife and human Health and novel mitigation strategies
This review examines how environmental pollution from urbanization, industrialization, and chemical misuse affects both wildlife and human health across multiple ecosystems. The study discusses novel mitigation strategies for addressing contamination issues including chemical residues in animal-derived foods and the rising frequency of environment-related toxicity.
A Critical Review of Microplastic Effects on Wildlife and Biodiversity with Notes on Current Analytical Detection Techniques
This systematic review examines how microplastics affect wildlife and biodiversity, noting that most research has focused on marine invertebrates while land animals and vertebrates remain understudied. The evidence shows that microplastics can cause physical harm, chemical toxicity, and behavioral changes across many species. Understanding wildlife impacts matters for human health because microplastics move through food webs that ultimately include the foods people eat.
Bioindicators of Microplastics
This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of bioindicators for detecting microplastic pollution, covering organisms from bacteria and algae to invertebrates and vertebrates that serve as early warning sentinels for plastic contamination in the environment. The authors assess the methodological approaches for using these bioindicators and their utility for monitoring ecological health in microplastic-affected ecosystems.
Pets, Genuine Tools in Detecting Environmental Pollutants. Sentinels and Biomonitors
This review examines how pet dogs and cats serve as unintentional early-warning sentinels for human exposure to environmental pollutants, including microplastics. Because pets share our homes and have shorter lifespans, they develop pollutant-related diseases faster than humans do — making them valuable biomonitors for chemicals we are all being exposed to. The paper highlights that pets show elevated levels of flame retardants, perfluorochemicals, and other contaminants compared to their owners, underscoring shared household and environmental exposure risks.
Plastics and their derivatives are impacting animal ecophysiology: A review
This review examines how microplastics interact with marine life through ingestion, entanglement, and chemical leaching, disrupting organisms from plankton to large fish. The paper highlights that plastic pollution in the ocean directly connects to human health through the food chain, as contaminated seafood transfers microplastics and their toxic additives to people who eat it.
Early Detection of Contamination with Microplastics by Changing the Phototaxis of Freshwater Mesozooplankton to Paired Photostimulation
Researchers used changes in phototaxis behavior of aquatic microorganisms as an early detection indicator for microplastic contamination, demonstrating that behavioral assays can provide sensitive, low-cost monitoring of plastic pollution in water.
A Review of Microplastic Pollution: Harmful Effect on Environment and Animals, Remediation Strategies
This review provides a broad overview of microplastic pollution, covering its sources, environmental distribution, and harmful effects on wildlife and ecosystems. Researchers summarize current knowledge about how microplastics enter food chains and interact with other pollutants. The study also evaluates existing cleanup and remediation strategies for addressing microplastic contamination across different environments.
Overview of microplastic pollution and its influence on the health of organisms
This review summarizes microplastic pollution across marine, freshwater, and soil environments and its effects on organisms ranging from plankton to mammals. Microplastics disrupt feeding behavior, trigger oxidative stress, alter gut bacteria, and impair reproduction in exposed species. The authors note that microplastics also enter the human body through food, water, and air, posing potential health risks that require further research.
Investigating the Behavioral Implications of Microplastic Exposure in Animal Species
This review analyzed 110 papers on the behavioral consequences of microplastic exposure across a range of animal species including plankton, fish, amphibians, crustaceans, pollinators, and mammals. Researchers found that microplastics disrupt feeding, metabolism, reproduction, and neurological function, with fish showing the most significant behavioral impacts and mice exhibiting the most severe physiological damage. The study emphasizes that these behavioral changes can alter ecological niches and reduce animal survival.
Monitoring litter and microplastics in Arctic mammals and birds
This review evaluates approaches for monitoring litter and microplastic ingestion in Arctic mammals and birds, assessing both the strengths and limitations of using wildlife as pollution indicators. Researchers found that while some species provide useful data on spatial and temporal pollution trends, monitoring programs need to be carefully designed to account for species-specific feeding behaviors and habitats. The study emphasizes the importance of standardized methods for tracking plastic pollution's impacts on Arctic biodiversity and the communities that rely on these animals for food.
Nanoplastics and biota behaviour: Known effects, environmental relevance, and research needs
This review examined how nanoplastics affect the behavior of aquatic and terrestrial organisms, finding that behavioral endpoints are sensitive indicators of nanoplastic exposure but highlighting the need for more environmentally relevant concentrations and chronic exposure studies.
Birds as Bioindicators: Revealing the Widespread Impact of Microplastics
This systematic review found microplastics in over 200 bird species across the globe, from Antarctica to South Europe. Birds can suffer gut damage, oxidative stress, and toxic chemical buildup from ingesting plastics — a warning sign for broader ecosystem and food chain contamination that could affect humans too.
Birds and plastic pollution: recent advances
This review summarizes how plastic pollution affects birds across both aquatic and terrestrial habitats, covering ingestion, entanglement, and chemical exposure from macro- and microplastics. Researchers found that hundreds of bird species have accumulated plastic in their tissues, with effects ranging from physical injury to hormonal disruption and reproductive harm. The study positions birds as valuable indicator species for monitoring the broader environmental impact of plastic pollution.
Microplastics: Impacts on the Environment and Human Health
This review covers what is currently known about microplastic pollution's effects on both the environment and human health, summarizing evidence from studies on wildlife, ecosystems, and human exposure pathways. The authors note that while concern is growing, definitive conclusions about human health risks remain elusive due to limited clinical research.
Ecological disturbances and abundance of anthropogenic pollutants in the aquatic ecosystem: Critical review of impact assessment on the aquatic animals.
This critical review assessed the ecological disturbances caused by anthropogenic pollutants including microplastics in aquatic ecosystems, examining uptake, accumulation, and biological effects across invertebrate and vertebrate species, and identifying gaps in understanding of long-term ecotoxicological impacts at environmentally relevant concentrations.
Effects of Pollution on Fish Behavior, Personality, and Cognition: Some Research Perspectives
This review examined how pollutants, including microplastics, affect fish behavior, personality, and cognitive abilities. Researchers identified that neurotoxic effects of pollutants can alter behavioral traits and cognitive function in fish, which may in turn affect their fitness and survival, and proposed new research perspectives for understanding how environmental contamination drives behavioral variation in wild fish populations.
Promising indicators for monitoring microplastic pollution
This review evaluated promising biological and ecological indicators for monitoring microplastic pollution, arguing that standardized indicator species and metrics are needed to better track microplastic abundance, distribution, and accumulation in ecosystems.
Non-invasive methodology for the ecotoxicological sampling of anatids in urban and peri-urban areas
Researchers proposed a non-invasive methodology for ecotoxicological sampling of urban ducks and waterfowl to monitor environmental pollution including microplastics. The multidisciplinary approach uses urban waterbirds as bioindicators, taking advantage of their correlation with human pollutant exposure. The study emphasizes that these readily accessible urban species offer a practical way to assess environmental contamination levels in populated areas.