Coughlan, Neil E.; Doyle, Susan; Baker-Arney, Connie; Griffith, Rose M.; Lyne, Linda; Williams, Hannah; Kelly, Thomas C.; McMahon, Barry J.; Dick, Jaimie T. A.; Cunningham, Eoghan M.(Elsevier, 2020-08-24)
Although seabirds are frequently used as sentinel species for anthropogenic pollution, the extent and impacts of synthetic debris ingestion remains poorly studied for many water bird species. Here, we assess ingestion of ...
European populations of the native flat oyster, Ostrea edulis, have been heavily depleted by two protozoan parasites, Marteila refringens and Bonamia ostreae, with mortalities of up to 90% reported in naïve populations. ...
Mateos-Cárdenas, Alicia(University College Cork, 2020-08-31)
Microplastics (1–1000 μm) are now ubiquitous in all environments, including freshwater systems. Plastics of different sizes and shapes have been reported to be present in river and lake samples from the water column and ...
Rossi, Valentina(University College Cork, 2020-08-31)
The field of fossil colour is emerging rapidly as a new focus of palaeobiological research. Evidence of melanosomes, micron-sized organelles containing melanin, found in skin, feathers and hair of exceptionally preserved ...
Farrowing crates, which are widely used in commercial pig farming, present major animal welfare problems. Sows are severely confined, being only able to stand up and lie down and not turn around for a period of five weeks ...
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