High intake rates of microplastics in a Western Atlantic predatory fish, and insights of a direct fishery effect

High intake rates of microplastics in a Western Atlantic predatory fish, and insights of a direct fishery effect

Microplastic contamination was investigated in the gut contents of an economically important estuarine top predator, Cynoscion acoupa, according to spatiotemporal and ontogenetic use of a tropical estuary. Microplastic contamination was found in more than half of the analysed fish. Ingested micropla...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental pollution (1987) 2018-05, Vol.236, p.706-717
Hauptverfasser: Ferreira, Guilherme V.B., Barletta, Mário, Lima, André R.A., Morley, Simon A., Justino, Anne K.S., Costa, Monica F.
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Sprache:eng
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Fishery resource
Marine debris
Microplastic filaments
Seafood contamination
Trophic transfer
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Zusammenfassung:Microplastic contamination was investigated in the gut contents of an economically important estuarine top predator, Cynoscion acoupa, according to spatiotemporal and ontogenetic use of a tropical estuary. Microplastic contamination was found in more than half of the analysed fish. Ingested microplastics were classified by type, colour and length with most of the particles consisting of filaments (
ISSN:0269-7491
1873-6424
DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.095