Microplastics in Juvenile Commercial Fish from an Estuarine Environment

Filipa Bessa; Pablo Barría; João M. Neto; João P.G.L. Frias; Vanessa Otero; Paula Sobral; João Carlos Marques

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_18

Microplastics in Juvenile Commercial Fish from an Estuarine Environment

Filipa Bessa
, Pablo Barría
, João M. Neto
, João P.G.L. Frias
, Vanessa Otero
, Paula Sobral
, João Carlos Marques

MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre
NOVA University Lisbon (FCT-NOVA) and CEMOP/UNINOVA Campus de Caparica

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Microplastic ingestion has been reported by a range of marine fish species, but less known is the level of microplastic contamination by fish species from transitional ecosystems such as estuaries. The aim of this study was to assess the ingestion of microplastics by three important commercial fish species: the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), the commom two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris) and the European flounder (Platichthys flesus) from the Mondego estuary (Portugal). Microplastics were extracted from the gastrointestinal tract of 120 individuals after a digestion solution (10% KOH). A total of 157 microplastics were extracted from the total fish (96% fibers and 4% fragments), with 1.67 ± 0.27 (SD) microplastics per fish. The main plastic polymers identified by μ-FTIR were polyethylene, polypropylene, rayon, polyester, polyacrylonitrile and nylon.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Springer Water
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	131-135
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_18
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Name	Springer Water
ISSN (Print)	2364-6934
ISSN (Electronic)	2364-8198

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