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Plastic in digestive tracts and gills of cod and herring from the Baltic Sea

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 822, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153333

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Microplastics; Gut content analysis; Persistent organic pollutants; Marine plastic pollution; Contamination; Baltic Sea

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  1. European Union [BONUSBB/MICROPOLL/06/2017]
  2. National Centre for Research and Development, Poland (NCBR) [BONUSBB/MICROPOLL/06/2017]
  3. University of Warsaw [BOB-IDUB-622-168/2021/PSP: 501-D112-20-1004310]

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Plastic litter is widespread in Baltic fish, with microplastics being the most common form ingested. There are species-specific differences in plastic ingestion and gill retention, likely related to fish lifestyles and filtering capacity. The majority of plastic items show signs of weathering and fragmentation, but chemical contaminant levels are not different than in fish without plastic.
Plastic litter is widespread on our planet and is recognized as a contaminant of high concern. Plastic ingestion and retention in gills were studied in two key Baltic fish species: herring (Clupea harengus L.) and cod (Gadus morhua L.). In total, 183 fish from the southern Baltic Sea were analysed. Plastic litter was found in digestive tracts of 12.7 and 14.8% of herrings and cods, respectively. In addition, gills were shown to constitute an important transfer route of plastic to cod (9.9% of cods) but not to herring thus likely reflecting species-specific differences in fish lifestyles and/or water filtering capacity. No more than one plastic item per individual was found except for three fish with two items in their stomachs. Dominant microplastics (<5 mm) (MPs) (88.6% of all items) composed of irregular fragments, fibres and foils (61.3%, 25.8% and 12.9% of all MPs, respectively) were followed by meso-(5-25 mm) and macro plastics (>25 mm) (5.7% each of all items). Plastic ingestion and retention in gills did not affect fish body condition assessed by Fulton's K index, although herrings that ingested plastic particles beyond the microplastic size range (i.e. >5 mm) were characterized by the lowest condition indices. All plastic items recovered from fish exhibited clear signs of weathering and surface extended due to their roughness and fragmentation which may enhance both sorption properties for chemical compounds and/or their leaching. Nevertheless, chemical contaminant levels in herring muscles were not different than in a plastic-free group. The vast majority of fibres found in fish was identified as air-borne or procedural contamination and were excluded from further analyses. In addition, the vessel's paint dust found in fish stressed the need for strict quality assurance also during fish sampling.

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