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Materias / palabras clave: Marine biodiversity; Marine ecology; Water; Pollution; Biodiversidad; Ecología marina

Materias / palabras clave: Ocean currents; Marine pollution; Contaminación marina; Corriente oceánica; Venezuela

Coastal regions are sectors where human activities impact the marine ecosystem, and if necessary control measures are not taken, they can generate negative consequences for health and ecosystem services. Within the frame...

Pujada Bay is a marine biodiversity hotspot in the Philippines and has been declared one of the most beautiful bays in the world. It was nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as an extension of the Mt. Hamiguitan Ran...

Plastic pollution is one of the most acute environmental topics of our time. While there is a great scientific effort to tackle this problem, it has not always been well-coordinated or properly targeted. In this short re...

Se denomina imposex a la aparición de caracteres sexuales secundarios en hembras de neogasterópodos producidos por laexposición a tributil-estaño (TBT). No existen hasta la fecha reportes de este fenómeno en el Cari...

Microplastics are currently considered widespread marine pollutants, accumulating in sediments and shorelines around the world. Spatial distribution of microplastics in marine sediments is consequence of a combination of...

Ecotoxicology is the study of the effects and fate of contaminant substances on ecosystems. It aims to determine if there is an ecological risk by comparing the concentration that produces toxic effects with the environm...

The Turkish Straits System (TSS) is a dangerous and narrow waterway extending between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea, including the Bosphorus, the Dardanelles, and the Marmara Sea and the Gulf of Izmit. The western ban...

The regulation of ocean observation in the context of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the evolving regime related to the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) draws attention t...

This study investigates the ingestion of microplastics (MPs) by zooplankton in the surf zone of southwestern Atlantic sandy beaches, an extremely turbulent environment with high interaction between suspended particles. S...

Abstract Anthropogenic emissions may drive the isotopically light zinc that pervades the low-latitude upper ocean, but major gaps in our understanding of oceanic zinc cycling have hindered the unequivocal detection of an...

Plastic waste is a significant environmental concern, constituting a major portion of the global waste stream. Improper disposal and accumulation have led to severe environmental challenges, including pollution, harm to ...

Introduction: In recent decades, Caribbean coral reefs have lost many vital marine species due to diseases. The well-documented mass mortality event of the long-spined black sea urchin Diadema antillarum in the early 198...

Abstract Understanding and controlling the marine degradation of biodegradable polymers is crucial for sustainable materials engineering and pollution prevention. However, a unified interpretive method that links multisc...

Abstract A local tropical cyclone (TC) in South China Sea was observed making its first complete landfall on an island. Following the arrival of the TC eye, PM2.5 concentration rose from 4 µg/m³ to 44 µg/m³. Mass r...