Living things (biota)

Living things (biota) – Legend

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Transport

Transport through water

Transport through air

Biological transport through ingestion and animal movement and through movement through the food chain

Impact

Entanglement - Fishing gear, balloons and plastic bag are the biggest entanglement threat to marine fauna.

Toxicity

Ingestion

Bioaccumulation

Habitat loss through drift deposits of plastic

Economic loss

Last updated: 10 May 2021

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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2021) Living things (biota) – Legend, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/management/pressures/litter-illegal-dumping/sinks/biota/legend.html