Abstract:This study shows the abundance of contamination by plastic microfibers (PMs) and the first record of contamination by PMs in bats. Additionally, we tried to understand the mechanism of the environmental contamination of bats. Therefore, the digestive and respiratory tracts of 25 species of adult bats were extracted for analysis. Bats were captured in different locations in the Brazilian Amazon (Altamira, Bragança, Brasil Novo, Medicilândia, Nova Timboteua, Placas, Uruará and Vitória do Xingu, all in the state … Show more
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