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Ryan Andrades

Researcher at Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Publications -  48
Citations -  858

Ryan Andrades is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Plastic pollution & Trophic level. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 36 publications receiving 424 citations. Previous affiliations of Ryan Andrades include Federal University of Pará & Trinity College, Dublin.

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Plastic ingestion as an evolutionary trap: Toward a holistic understanding

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors unify evolutionary, ecological, and cognitive approaches under the evolutionary trap theory and identify three main factors that may drive plastic ingestion: availability of plastics in the environment, an individual's acceptance threshold, and the overlap of cues given by natural foods and plastics.
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Debris ingestion by juvenile marine turtles: An underestimated problem

TL;DR: The impact of debris ingestion in 265 green turtles over a large geographical area and different habitats along the Brazilian coast was analysed and it was found that a surprisingly small amount of debris was sufficient to block the digestive tract and cause death.
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Marine debris ingestion and Thayer's law – The importance of plastic color

TL;DR: It is hypothesize that marine animals that perceive floating plastic from below should preferentially ingest dark plastic fragments, whereas animals that perceiving floating plastics from above should select for paler plastic fragments.
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Marine debris in Trindade Island, a remote island of the South Atlantic.

TL;DR: This study provides baseline information on Trindade macro-debris demonstrating that the island, located on the edge of the South Atlantic Gyre, acts as a sink for gyre debris, exposing the island fauna to the threats related to plastic contamination.
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Mangrove clearing impacts on macrofaunal assemblages and benthic food webs in a tropical estuary.

TL;DR: The loss of infaunal trophic diversity that followed mangroves removal suggests that large-scale forest clearing may impact estuarine food webs, with potential consequences to nearby coastal ecosystems given the high clearing rate of mangrove forests in Brazil.