The uptake of macroplastic & microplastic by demersal & pelagic fish in the Northeast Atlantic around Scotland

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Article

Murphy, Fionn¹  Russell, Marie²  Ewins, Ciaran¹  Quinn, Brian¹ 

[1] Univ West Scotland, Inst Biomed & Environm Hlth Res IBEHR, Paisley PA1 2BE, Renfrew, Scotland

[2] Marine Lab, Marine Scotland Sci MSS, Aberdeen, Scotland

关键词: Macroplastic;    Microplastic;    Fish;    Ingestion;    Northeast Atlantic;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.073

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This study reports plastic ingestion in various fish found from coastal and offshore sites in Scottish marine waters. Coastal samples consisted of three demersal flatfish species (n = 128) collected from the East and West coasts of Scotland. Offshore samples consisted of 5 pelagic species and 4 demersal species (n = 84) collected from the Northeast Atlantic. From the coastal fish sampled, 47.7% of the gastrointestinal tracts contained macroplastic and microplastic. Of the 84 pelagic and demersal offshore fish, only 2 (2.4%) individuals from different species had ingested plastic identified as a clear polystyrene fibre and a black polyamide fibre. The average number of plastic items found per fish from all locations that had ingested plastic was 1.8 (1.7) with polyamide (65.3%), polyethylene terephthalate (14.4%) and acrylic (14.4%) being the three most commonly found plastics. This study adds to the existing data on macroplastic and microplastic ingestion in fish species.

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