PLASTIC DEBRIS USAGE BY TUBE-BUILDING POLYCHAETE Diopatra cuprea COMPLEX

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

Authors

  • 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

    Abstract

    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.

    Author Biography

    • 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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    Published

    2023-05-19

    How to Cite

    PLASTIC DEBRIS USAGE BY TUBE-BUILDING POLYCHAETE Diopatra cuprea COMPLEX: Uso de lixo plástico pelo complexo de espécies do poliqueta tubícola Diopatra cuprea. (2023). Arquivos De Ciências Do Mar, 56(2). https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v56i2.82806