da Silva Mendes Sarah, de Carvalho Robson Henrique, de Faria Adriana Fonseca, de Sousa Bernadete Maria
Programas de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia - UFJF, Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, s/n - Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, Juiz de Fora, MG CEP: 36.036-900, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas: Comportamento e Biologia Animal da UFJF, Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, s/n - Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, Juiz de Fora, MG CEP: 36.036-900, Brazil.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2015 Mar 15;92(1-2):8-10. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.01.010. Epub 2015 Jan 28.
Chelonia mydas is distributed in several regions of the world and they are common in coastal regions and around islands. Between August 2008 and July 2009, 20 specimens of C. mydas were found dead on the beaches of Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. The stomachs were removed and anthropogenic wastes were separated according their malleability and color. Of those animals, nine had ingested marine debris. Soft plastic was the most frequent among the samples and the majority of fragments was white or colorless and was between zero and five cm. Many studies have shown a high incidence of eating waste for some species of sea turtles. The record of ingestion of mostly transparent and white anthropogenic wastes in this study strengthens the hypothesis that these animals mistake them for jellyfish. Although the intake of anthropogenic waste causes impact on the lives of sea turtles, such studies are still scarce in Brazil.
绿海龟分布于世界多个地区，在沿海地区和岛屿周边较为常见。2008年8月至2009年7月期间，在巴西圣保罗州乌巴图巴的海滩上发现了20只死亡的绿海龟标本。取出胃部，并根据其可塑性和颜色将人为垃圾分离出来。在这些海龟中，有9只摄入了海洋垃圾。软塑料在样本中最为常见，大多数碎片为白色或无色，长度在0至5厘米之间。许多研究表明，某些种类的海龟吞食垃圾的发生率很高。本研究中摄入大多为透明和白色人为垃圾的记录强化了这样一种假设，即这些动物将它们误认为是水母。尽管摄入人为垃圾会对海龟的生命造成影响，但此类研究在巴西仍然很少。
