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Historically low microplastic loads within white bream (<scp><i>Blicca bjoerkna</i></scp>) in the Marmara basin, Türkiye

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Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Münevver Oral Kaba, Münevver Oral Kaba, Irmak Kurtul, Ben Parker, Tanju Mutlu, Tanju Mutlu, Tanju Mutlu, Tanju Mutlu, Çüneyt Kaya, Tanju Mutlu, Ben Parker, Ben Parker, Irmak Kurtul, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, J. Robert Britton Kenan Gedik, Ben Parker, Ben Parker, Ben Parker, Ben Parker, Ben Parker, Kenan Gedik, J. Robert Britton Kenan Gedik, J. Robert Britton Kenan Gedik, Ben Parker, Tanju Mutlu, Tanju Mutlu, Ben Parker, Tanju Mutlu, J. Robert Britton J. Robert Britton Ben Parker, Tanju Mutlu, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Ben Parker, Kenan Gedik, Tanju Mutlu, Tanju Mutlu, Ben Parker, Tanju Mutlu, Tanju Mutlu, Çüneyt Kaya, Esra Bayçelebi, Esra Bayçelebi, Tanju Mutlu, Tanju Mutlu, Tanju Mutlu, Münevver Oral Kaba, Ben Parker, Ben Parker, Ben Parker, Ben Parker, Ben Parker, Esra Bayçelebi, Ali Serhan Tarkan, J. Robert Britton Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Münevver Oral Kaba, Münevver Oral Kaba, Münevver Oral Kaba, Irmak Kurtul, Çüneyt Kaya, Çüneyt Kaya, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Çüneyt Kaya, Çüneyt Kaya, Çüneyt Kaya, Çüneyt Kaya, Kenan Gedik, Tanju Mutlu, Çüneyt Kaya, Phillip J. Haubrock, J. Robert Britton Irmak Kurtul, J. Robert Britton J. Robert Britton Esra Bayçelebi, Esra Bayçelebi, Tanju Mutlu, Esra Bayçelebi, Esra Bayçelebi, J. Robert Britton Esra Bayçelebi, Kenan Gedik, Kenan Gedik, Phillip J. Haubrock, Kenan Gedik, Sencer Akalın, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Kenan Gedik, J. Robert Britton J. Robert Britton Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, J. Robert Britton Kenan Gedik, J. Robert Britton

Summary

Examining museum-archived white bream specimens from 1963–2004 in northwest Turkey, researchers found historically low microplastic contamination—only 3.2% of 154 fish were contaminated—suggesting that pre-2000s microplastic exposure in those freshwater lakes was minimal.

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Study Type Environmental

Assessment of 154 white bream Blicca bjoerkna specimens collected between 1963 and 2004 from Manyas and Uluabat lake, northwest Türkiye, revealed that only 3.2% of fish were contaminated with microplastics, with a mean incidence and standard error of 0.04 ± 0.02 particles. Black fibres and white fragments were spectroscopically confirmed as polyamide and polyethylene terephthalate. Contamination status (contaminated/uncontaminated) of individuals was unrelated to Fulton's condition factor, lake, sampling year and sex. Results thus highlight the utility of historical collection specimens in assessing temporal microplastic contamination within freshwater fishes.

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