Plastic ingestion in aquatic insects: Implications of waterbirds and landfills and association with stable isotopes

L Gallitelli, A Cera, M Scalici, A Sodo… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wetlands provide numerous ecosystem services including freshwater purification.
Nonetheless, their functionality is continuously impacted by many pollutants. Plastics are …

[HTML][HTML] Biovectoring of plastic by white storks from a landfill to a complex of salt ponds and marshes

J Cano-Povedano, C López-Calderón… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Research into plastic pollution has extensively focused on abiotic vectors, overlooking
transport by animals. Opportunistic birds, such as white storks (Ciconia ciconia) often forage …

Evil and allies: Opportunistic gulls as both spreaders and sentinels of antibiotic‐resistant bacteria in human‐transformed landscapes

V Martín‐Vélez, T Montalvo, D Giralt… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐transformed residuals, especially those derived from human waste (dumps),
farmland, and livestock are involved in the emergence of antibiotic‐resistant bacteria (ARB) …

Medicated livestock carcasses and landfill sites: Sources of highly toxic veterinary pharmaceuticals and caffeine for avian scavengers

M Herrero-Villar, MA Taggart, R Mateo - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Veterinary drugs are of concern in terms of potential environmental pollution and their
negative impacts on avian scavengers. These pharmaceuticals reach vultures through the …

[HTML][HTML] Variability of faecal microbiota and antibiotic resistance genes in flocks of migratory gulls and comparison with the surrounding environment

D Jarma, O Sacristán-Soriano, CM Borrego… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gulls commonly rely on human-generated waste as their primary food source, contributing to
the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their resistance genes, both locally and …

Connectivity at the human-wildlife interface: starling movements relate to carriage of E. coli

A Sánchez-Cano, C López-Calderón… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Synanthropic bird species in human, poultry or livestock environments can increase the
spread of pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria between wild and domestic animals …

One Health bottom-up analysis of the dissemination pathways concerning critical priority carbapenemase-and ESBL-producing Enterobacterales from storks and …

S Martínez-Álvarez, U Höfle, P Châtre… - Journal of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background 'One Health'initiatives to tackle the rising risk of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) have flourished due to increasing detection of Enterobacterales producing …

[HTML][HTML] Detection and genetic characterization of blaESBL-carrying plasmids of cloacal Escherichia coli isolates from white stork nestlings (Ciconia ciconia) in Spain

S Martínez-Álvarez, P Châtre… - Journal of Global …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aimed to characterize Escherichia coli isolates from cloacal samples of
white stork nestlings, with a special focus on extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) …

[HTML][HTML] Leakage of plastics and other debris from landfills to a highly protected lake by wintering gulls

V Martín-Vélez, J Cano-Povedano, B Canuelo-Jurado… - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
General context Gulls ingest plastic and other litter while foraging in open landfills, because
organic matter is mixed with other debris. Therefore, gulls are potential biovectors of plastic …

Winged resistance: Storks and gulls increase carriage of antibiotic resistance by shifting from paddy fields to landfills

O Sacristán-Soriano, D Jarma, MI Sánchez… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Waterbirds are vectors for the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance across
environments, with some species increasingly reliant on highly anthropized habitats for …