Plastics and waterbirds in Brazil: a review of ingestion, nest materials and entanglement reveals substantial knowledge gaps and opportunities for research

NW Daudt, L Bugoni, GT Nunes - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution is an increasing global problem, especially in aquatic environments. From
invertebrates to vertebrates, many aquatic species have been affected by plastic pollution …

Nests of the brown booby (Sula leucogaster) as a potential indicator of tropical ocean pollution by marine debris

DC Tavares, LL da Costa, DF Rangel, JF de Moura… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Seabirds collect debris primarily nearby breeding sites, and thus they may be used to
monitor these pollutants in the ocean. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of …

Environmental predictors of seabird wrecks in a tropical coastal area

DC Tavares, J Fulgencio de Moura, S Siciliano - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Beached bird surveys have been widely used to monitor the impact of oil pollution in the
oceans. However, separating the combined effects of oil pollution, environmental variables …

When Bergmann's rule fails: evidences of environmental selection pressures sha** phenotypic diversification in a widespread seabird

GT Nunes, PL Mancini, L Bugoni - Ecography, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Organisms tend to exhibit phenotypes that can be shaped by climate, commonly
demonstrating clinal variations along latitudinal gradients. In vertebrates, air temperature …

Incidence of anthropogenic material in Sula leucogaster nests in a distant archipelago of Brazil

R Brentano, AC de Brum, RC Montone, MV Petry - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic debris has been affecting fauna in different ways. We investigate the
frequency of anthropogenic material in nests of a brown booby (Sula leucogaster) colony in …

Interspecific variation of essential and non-essential trace elements in sympatric seabirds

JF Moura, DC Tavares, LS Lemos… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chemical pollution is a growing issue for ocean ecosystems, threatening especially apex
predators because they bioaccumulate persistent chemical pollutants such as non-essential …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the possible adverse effects of legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on the brown booby (Sula leucogaster) along the Brazilian coast

LST Cunha, JPM Torres, J Muñoz-Arnanz, B Jiménez - Chemosphere, 2012 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the impact of contamination by persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) on Brazilian wildlife. The concentrations of certain POPs, including …

Biogeographic variation on dietary aspects of a widely distributed seabird

J Jacoby, P Luciano Mancini, SL Bertrand… - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
The diet of widely distributed species is influenced by the availability of food resources,
which can vary according to local conditions. Thus, heterogeneity in diet patterns can help …

LEUCISM RECORD OF Sula leucogaster IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

L Lodi, G Maricato, LE Albuquerque… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2024 - periodicos.univali.br
CHROMATIC ABERRATION RECORD OF SULA LEUCOGASTER IN WESTERN SOUTH
ATLANTIC Page 1 V 28 N 02 2024 1 1 Introduction The Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster …

Reproduction and demographic trends of Sula Leucogaster at the Moleques do Sul Archipelago, Santa Catarina, Brazil

JO Branco, HAA Fracasso, VS Moraes-Ornellas - Biota Neotropica, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
The Brown Booby, Sula Leucogaster, is one of the most common species of marine birds of
the Brazilian coast and, in spite of being a viable subject for long-term studies, in Brazil there …