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Additives, plasticizers, small microplastics (<100 μm), and other microlitter components in the gastrointestinal tract of commercial teleost fish: Method of extraction, purification, quantification, and characterization using Micro-FTIR
Marine Pollution Bulletin2022
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Michele Mistri,
Michele Mistri,
Beatrice Rosso,
Fabiana Corami,
Adriano Sfriso,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Beatrice Rosso,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Beatrice Rosso,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Michele Mistri,
Michele Mistri,
Michele Mistri,
Beatrice Rosso,
Cristina Munari,
Beatrice Rosso,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Carlo Barbante,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Adriano Sfriso,
Adriano Sfriso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Adriano Sfriso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Andrea Gambaro
Michele Mistri,
Carlo Barbante,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Andrea Gambaro,
Beatrice Rosso,
Adriano Sfriso,
Adriano Sfriso,
Adriano Sfriso,
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro,
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro,
Fabiana Corami,
Cristina Munari,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Andrea Gambaro,
Cristina Munari,
Andrea Gambaro,
Carlo Barbante,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro,
Beatrice Rosso,
Andrea Gambaro,
Cristina Munari,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Andrea Gambaro,
Andrea Gambaro,
Andrea Gambaro,
Andrea Gambaro,
Adriano Sfriso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Beatrice Rosso,
Carlo Barbante,
Michele Mistri,
Michele Mistri,
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Carlo Barbante,
Cristina Munari,
Andrea Gambaro,
Cristina Munari,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Andrea Gambaro,
Cristina Munari,
Carlo Barbante,
Cristina Munari,
Carlo Barbante,
Carlo Barbante,
Carlo Barbante,
Carlo Barbante,
Cristina Munari,
Carlo Barbante,
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro,
Andrea Gambaro
Michele Mistri,
Cristina Munari,
Beatrice Rosso,
Andrea Gambaro
Fabiana Corami,
Michele Mistri,
Andrea Gambaro
Carlo Barbante,
Cristina Munari,
Carlo Barbante,
Michele Mistri,
Michele Mistri,
Carlo Barbante,
Andrea Gambaro,
Fabiana Corami,
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro,
Cristina Munari,
Carlo Barbante,
Fabiana Corami,
Cristina Munari,
Andrea Gambaro,
Cristina Munari,
Michele Mistri,
Michele Mistri,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Fabiana Corami,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro
Michele Mistri,
Beatrice Rosso,
Andrea Gambaro,
Fabiana Corami,
Andrea Gambaro,
Carlo Barbante,
Fabiana Corami,
Cristina Munari,
Fabiana Corami,
Cristina Munari,
Cristina Munari,
Andrea Gambaro,
Fabiana Corami,
Michele Mistri,
Andrea Gambaro
Summary
Researchers developed a Micro-FTIR extraction and identification method for small microplastics (under 100 µm) and plastic additives in the gastrointestinal tracts of five commercial Mediterranean fish species, finding species-specific contamination patterns with anchovies and sardines showing the highest microplastic burdens.
One of the aims of this study is the development of a pretreatment method for additives, plasticizers and other components of micro-litter (APFs), and small microplastics (SMPs <100 μm) in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of five of the most widely distributed and consumed commercial fish species, Engraulis encrasiculos, Sardina pilchardus, Mullus surmuletus, Solea solea, and Sparus aurata. The second aim was to develop a simultaneous quantification and identification method via Micro-FTIR of APFs and SMPs ingested by these commercial fish species. The distribution of SMPs and APFs is characteristically different for each species investigated. E. encrasiculos and S. pilchardus had a higher weight of SMPs than the other species investigated. Regarding APFs, the highest abundance was observed in E. encrasiculos. This study highlights the importance of studying additives and plasticizers that can be used as efficient proxies of microplastics, as shown by the presence of vulcanizing agents such as Vanax®.