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Morphological analysis approach to detect microfiber contamination in Mytilus galloprovincialis

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Michela Volgare, Serena Santonicola, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Serena Santonicola, Serena Santonicola, Serena Santonicola, Mariacristina Cocca, Serena Santonicola, Serena Santonicola, Serena Santonicola, Serena Santonicola, Mariacristina Cocca, Serena Santonicola, Serena Santonicola, Serena Santonicola, Michela Volgare, Michela Volgare, Michela Volgare, Michela Volgare, Michela Volgare, Michela Volgare, Michela Volgare, Michela Volgare, Serena Santonicola, Serena Santonicola, Michela Volgare, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Michela Volgare, Mariacristina Cocca, Gennaro Gentile, Rachele Castaldo, Roberto Avolio, Serena Santonicola, Michela Volgare, Mariacristina Cocca, Michela Volgare, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Serena Santonicola, Mariacristina Cocca, Serena Santonicola, Michela Volgare, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Roberto Avolio, Roberto Avolio, Roberto Avolio, Serena Santonicola, Roberto Avolio, Roberto Avolio, Serena Santonicola, Michela Volgare, Michela Volgare, Roberto Avolio, Gennaro Gentile, Giampaolo Colavita, Gennaro Gentile, Rachele Castaldo, Rachele Castaldo, Rachele Castaldo, Rachele Castaldo, Mariacristina Cocca, Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Maria Emanuela Errico Gennaro Raimo, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Mariacristina Cocca, Roberto Avolio, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Roberto Avolio, Roberto Avolio, Mariacristina Cocca, Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Roberto Avolio, Gennaro Gentile, Serena Santonicola, Giampaolo Colavita, Gennaro Gentile, Gennaro Gentile, Gennaro Gentile, Gennaro Gentile, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Gennaro Raimo, Roberto Avolio, Maria Emanuela Errico Gennaro Gentile, Maria Emanuela Errico Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Rachele Castaldo, Mariacristina Cocca, Rachele Castaldo, Mariacristina Cocca, Rachele Castaldo, Mariacristina Cocca, Gennaro Gentile, Rachele Castaldo, Gennaro Gentile, Mariacristina Cocca, Rachele Castaldo, Rachele Castaldo, Maria Emanuela Errico Roberto Avolio, Roberto Avolio, Giampaolo Colavita, Roberto Avolio, Gennaro Gentile, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Roberto Avolio, Maria Emanuela Errico Gennaro Gentile, Gennaro Gentile, Giampaolo Colavita, Giampaolo Colavita, Roberto Avolio, Maria Emanuela Errico Maria Emanuela Errico Maria Emanuela Errico Maria Emanuela Errico Maria Emanuela Errico Maria Emanuela Errico Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Giampaolo Colavita, Giampaolo Colavita, Giampaolo Colavita, Giampaolo Colavita, Rachele Castaldo, Rachele Castaldo, Rachele Castaldo, Rachele Castaldo, Gennaro Gentile, Roberto Avolio, Roberto Avolio, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Gennaro Raimo, Maria Emanuela Errico Rachele Castaldo, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Roberto Avolio, Gennaro Gentile, Maria Emanuela Errico Giampaolo Colavita, Rachele Castaldo, Giampaolo Colavita, Rachele Castaldo, Gennaro Gentile, Mariacristina Cocca, Maria Emanuela Errico Maria Emanuela Errico Rachele Castaldo, Giampaolo Colavita, Gennaro Gentile, Gennaro Gentile, Giampaolo Colavita, Gennaro Gentile, Mariacristina Cocca, Giampaolo Colavita, Serena Santonicola, Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Gennaro Raimo, Mariacristina Cocca, Gennaro Gentile, Gennaro Gentile, Gennaro Gentile, Gennaro Gentile, Giampaolo Colavita, Roberto Avolio, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Gennaro Raimo, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Gennaro Raimo, Maurizio Gaspari, Gennaro Raimo, Rachele Castaldo, Mariacristina Cocca, Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Gennaro Raimo, Mariacristina Cocca, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Maria Emanuela Errico Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Giampaolo Colavita, Giampaolo Colavita, Mariacristina Cocca, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Raffaelina Mercogliano, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Gennaro Gentile, Giampaolo Colavita, Gennaro Gentile, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Giampaolo Colavita, Mariacristina Cocca, Maria Emanuela Errico Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Mariacristina Cocca, Rachele Castaldo, Mariacristina Cocca, Maria Emanuela Errico

Summary

Researchers investigated microfiber contamination in Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) using morphological analysis, finding microplastic presence in 65% of analyzed specimens and demonstrating that mussels serve as effective bioindicators for assessing environmental microplastic exposure.

Microplastic pollution is a widespread threat for marine fauna. Mussels are good candidates for assessment of microplastic exposure in the environment because of their wide geographical and spatial distribution and their filtration system. In this work the 65% of analysed mussels assessed the presence of microfibres in their tissue, with an amount ranged from 0.0 to 4.3 MF/ g ww. This result confirm that mussels could be used as biomonitors of surrounding environment pollution.

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