Incidence of microplastics in Indian anchovy Stolephorus indicus from Tuticorin, Southeast coast of India

Incidence of microplastics in Indian anchovy Stolephorus indicus from Tuticorin, Southeast coast of India

In the present study, the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in the gut, gill, and muscle of edible fish Stolephorus indicus sampled from Tuticorin coastal regions of Tamilnadu, India was investigated. We recorded a total of 689 MPs which includes 510 and 179 MPs from males and females respectively....

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Veröffentlicht in:Marine pollution bulletin 2024-05, Vol.202, p.116406-116406, Article 116406
Hauptverfasser: Gayathri, Velusamy, Pavithra, Raj, Thangal, Said Hamid, Ganapathy, Selvam, Gurusaravanan, Packiaraj, Santhanam, Perumal, Radhakrishnan, Subramanian, Muralisankar, Thirunavukkarasu
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Environmental Monitoring
Female
Fish
Fishes - metabolism
Gills
Gut
India
Male
Microplastics - analysis
Muscle
Nylon
Polyethylene terephthalate
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
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Zusammenfassung:In the present study, the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in the gut, gill, and muscle of edible fish Stolephorus indicus sampled from Tuticorin coastal regions of Tamilnadu, India was investigated. We recorded a total of 689 MPs which includes 510 and 179 MPs from males and females respectively. The total abundance of MPs was significantly (P 
ISSN:0025-326X
1879-3363
DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116406