PLASTIC DEBRIS USAGE BY TUBE-BUILDING POLYCHAETE Diopatra cuprea COMPLEX

Uso de lixo plástico pelo complexo de espécies do poliqueta tubícola Diopatra cuprea

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  • Leonardo Cruz da Rosa Professor associado, Laboratório de Ecologia Bentônica, Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4263-332X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v56i2.82806

Resumen

In this short note the plastic debris usage by tube-building polychaete Diopatra cuprea complex  in the tube caps decoration is reported for the first time. Soft plastics attached to tube caps were recorded at a tidal flat in the Sergipe River estuary, northeastern Brazil. This interaction
probably reflects an adaptation of this polychaete to a highly polluted environment.

Keywords: pollution, soft plastics, tube caps, decoration.

Biografía del autor/a

Leonardo Cruz da Rosa, Professor associado, Laboratório de Ecologia Bentônica, Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brasil



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2023-05-19

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