A bioengineer in the city - the Darwinian fitness of fiddler crabs inhabiting plastic pollution hotspots

ABSTRACT: Mangrove forests have been widely recognized as effective traps for plastic litter, which tends to accumulate in landward areas. In mangrove forests surrounding cities, plastic litter may increase up to two orders of magnitude. Therefore, crabs that process sediments for feeding and burrow...

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Autores:

Riascos Vallejos, José Marin
Gómez Restrepo, Nicolás Alberto

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2023

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/43378

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/43378

Palabra clave:

Braquiuros - fisiología
Brachyura - physiology
Ciudades
Cities
Ecosistema
Ecosystem
Aptitud Genética
Genetic Fitness
Plásticos
Plastics
Alimentos Marinos
Seafood
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003386
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002947
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017753
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056084
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010969
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017747

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openAccess

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/