Can oviposition on marine litter pose a threat to marine fishes?
Batoids
Egg capsules
Oviparous
Plastic
Pollution
Skates
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
Historique:
received:
03
10
2022
revised:
10
11
2022
accepted:
12
11
2022
pubmed:
20
11
2022
medline:
2
12
2022
entrez:
19
11
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Marine litter colonization is widely investigated as an important pathway for the dispersal of potentially invasive species. However, this phenomenon may be impacting marine biota in other ways as well. In this viewpoint, we express our concerns regarding the potential loss of viable eggs of numerous oviparous fishes deposited on marine litter when large-scale stranding events occur. Our concerns are supported by personal observations of stranded marine litter harboring fresh and viable egg capsules (Sympterygia sp.) and eggs (Family: Blenniidae), as well as reports in the literature. The loss of viable eggs from oviparous fishes is widely overlooked and poorly understood. Based on these knowledge gaps, we make a call for research and propose several research priorities to understand the impact of these events.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36401948
pii: S0025-326X(22)01057-8
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114375
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
114375Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.