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Peer Review #3 of "Detection of microplastics in Litopenaeus vannamei (Penaeidae) and Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Palaemonidae) in cultured pond (v0.1)"

2022
Thanya Reunura, Taeng On, Prommi Corresp, Taeng-On Prommi, S Abbasi, N Soltani, B Keshavarzi, F Moore, A Turner, M Hassanaghaei, De Witte, B Devriese, L Bekaert, K Hoffman, S Vandermeersch, G Cooreman, K Robbens, J, L Devriese, Van Der Meulen, M Maes, T Bekaert, K Paul-Pont, I Frere, L Robbens, J Vethaak, A, U Gurjar, M Xavier, B Nayak, K Ramteke, G Deshmukhe, A Jaiswar, S Shukla, P Hanachi, S Karbalaei, T Walker, M Cole, S Hosseini, A Herrera, A Stindlova, I Martinez, J Rapp, V Romero-Kutzner, M Samper, T Montoto, B Aguiar-Gonzalez, T Packard, M Gomez, V Hidalgo-Ruz, L Gutow, M Hossain, M Rahman, M Uddin, S Sharifuzzaman, S Chowdhury, S Sarker, Msn Chowdhury, Y Ibrahim, S Anuar, A Azmi, W Khalik, S Lehata, S Hamzah, D Ismail, Z Ma, A Dzulkarnaen, Z Zakaria, N Mustaffa, Set Sharif, Y Lee, C Lassen, S Hansen, K Magnusson, F Noren, Nib Hartmann, P Jensen, T Nielsen, A Brinch, A Lusher, M Mchugh, R Thompson, F Murray, P Cowie, J Masura, J Baker, G Foster, C Arthur, C Herring, B Nan, C Kellar, N Craig, M Keough, V Pettigrove, N Ory, P Sobral, J Ferreirad, M Thiel

Summary

This peer review evaluates a study detecting microplastics in the gastrointestinal tracts of giant freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) and white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) from a polyculture pond in central Thailand, where a total of 1,166 MP items were identified across 450 specimens with average counts differing between sexes and species.

Polymers
ABS PE
Body Systems
Digestive
Study Type Environmental

Background.The presence of plastic particles in freshwater species is becoming a global concern owing to the potential impact on food security and human health.In this study, we investigated the presence microplastics (MPs) in two economically important freshwater species, the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) and the white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) cultured in a polyculture pond in the central part of Thailand.Methods.The gastrointestinal tract (GT) of 300 giant freshwater prawn (160 female and 140 male) and 150 white leg shrimp specimens were investigated for the presence of MPs.Results.From the pooled samples, a total of 1,166 MP items were identified.Specifically, the GTs of female and male freshwater prawns and white leg shrimps contained an average of 33.31 ± 19.42, 33.43 ± 19.07, and 11.00 ± 4.60 MP items per individual, respectively.Further, their mean MP contents per g of gut material were 32.66 ± 5.10, 32.14 ± 4.85, and 10.28 ± 1.19 MP items, respectively.In the GT if these species, MPs with sizes in the range 500-1000 μm, were predominant, and white/transparent MPs were most prevalent (63.67%).Furthermore, regarding the morphotypes of the MPs, fibers, fragments, films, and spheres were frequently observed, with fibers shows predominance.Specifically, the proportions of fibers in the GTs of female Macrobrachium rosenbergii, male Macrobrachium rosenbergii, and Litopenaeus vannamei were 83.3, 79.91, and 46.06%, respectively.Four MP polymer types, polyethylene, polycaprolactone, polyvinyl alcohol, and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, were also identified via FTIR spectroscopy, which further confirmed the presence of MPs in the GT of the freshwater-cultured species.Discussion.Our findings indicated that consuming shrimps and prawns without first removing the MPs from their GTs is one of the mean by which humans get exposed to MPs.Thus, MPs in freshwater species can be passed down the food chain to humans.

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