Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 139, Issue -, Pages 127-135Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.12.022
Keywords
Fish; Marine litter; Canary Current; Wastewater; Plastic pollution
Funding
- European Union (EU) [PLASMAR (MAC/1.1a/030)]
- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- INTERREG V-A Spain-Portugal MAC 2014-2020 (Madeira-Azores-Canarias)
- MICROTROFIC by ULPGC [ULPGC2015-04]
- BIOMAR by CEI Canarias: Campus Atlantico Tricontinental [CEI-39-20162105-01]
- Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC-2014)
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In recent years, due to the increasing concerns about their negative impact on wildlife and possible toxicity to living organisms (including humans), microplastics have become the subject of intense investigations. In the ocean, microplastics can be easily ingested by numerous marine organisms because of their small size (< 5 mm). The Northwest African upwelling system is an important fishery area, and the present study is the first one in the region to reveal the presence of microplastic particles in the digestive tract of Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias). From the 120 examined fish gastrointestinal tracts, 78.3% contained some type of microplastics, 74.2% contained fibres, 17.5% plastic fragments, and 16.7% paint. More studies are needed on fish, but S. colias is a candidate for being a good indicator of microplastic contamination in the region.
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