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Lorena M. Rios-Mendoza
Researcher at University of Wisconsin–Superior
Publications - 5
Citations - 1184
Lorena M. Rios-Mendoza is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin–Superior. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microplastics & Bay. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 5 publications receiving 812 citations.
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Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous
Chelsea M. Rochman,Mark Anthony Browne,Benjamin S. Halpern,Brian T. Hentschel,Eunha Hoh,Hrissi K. Karapanagioti,Lorena M. Rios-Mendoza,Hideshige Takada,Swee J. Teh,Richard C. Thompson +9 more
TL;DR: Policies for managing plastic debris are outdated and threaten the health of people and wildlife, say Chelsea M Rochman, Mark Anthony Browne and colleagues.
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Seasonal variation in the abundance of marine plastic debris in Banderas Bay, Mexico
Tania Pelamatti,Iliana A. Fonseca-Ponce,Lorena M. Rios-Mendoza,Joshua D. Stewart,Emigdio Marín-Enríquez,Ana J. Marmolejo-Rodríguez,Edgar M. Hoyos-Padilla,Felipe Galván-Magaña,Rogelio González-Armas +8 more
TL;DR: The amount of floating plastics was significantly higher in the hurricane season compared to the dry season, suggesting that rainfall may play a significant role in the offload of plastics from land-based sources into the bay.
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Microplastic contamination and fluxes in a touristic area at the SE Gulf of California.
Lorena M. Rios-Mendoza,Jorge Feliciano Ontiveros-Cuadras,Daniela Leon-Vargas,Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández,Martín Rangel-García,Libia Hascibe Pérez-Bernal,Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the MP abundance and their temporal variability in Mazatlan, Mexico, a tourism destination on the northern Pacific coast, under the hypothesis that MP contamination is influenced by rainfall and population density.
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Contamination knows no borders: Toxic organic compounds pollute plastics in the biodiversity hotspot of Revillagigedo Archipelago National Park, Mexico.
Tania Pelamatti,Lorena M. Rios-Mendoza,Edgar M. Hoyos-Padilla,Felipe Galván-Magaña,Roberto De Camillis,Ana J. Marmolejo-Rodríguez,Rogelio González-Armas +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a baseline study of plastic pollution was conducted in the remote Revillagigedo Archipelago, in the Mexican Pacific Ocean, in which an average of 4.8 manta net samples were found, 73% of the pieces being plastic.