کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8871781 1622709 2018 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Low prevalence of microplastic contamination in planktivorous fish species from the southeast Pacific Ocean
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
شیوع کم آلودگی میکروپلاستی در گونه های ماهی پانکومتیک از اقیانوس آرام جنوب شرقی
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات اقیانوس شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی
The gut contents of 292 planktivorous fish, from four families (Atherinopsidae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae and Scombridae) and seven species, captured along the coast of the southeast Pacific, were examined for microplastic contamination. Only a small fraction of all studied fish (2.1%; 6 individuals) contained microplastic particles in their digestive tract. Microplastics found were degraded hard fragments and threads, ranging from 1.1 to 4.9 (3.8 ± SD 2.4) mm in length, and of various colours, which suggests that the planktivorous fish species examined herein did not capture microplastics on the basis of their colour. The low prevalence of microplastic contamination in planktivorous fishes found in this study suggests that the risk of accidental ingestion by these species might be limited in the coastal upwelled waters of the southeast Pacific, perhaps due to small human population and highly dynamic oceanographic processes.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin - Volume 127, February 2018, Pages 211-216
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