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First insight into plastics ingestion by fish in the Gulf of California, Mexico
Marine Pollution Bulletin2021
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Carlos Green-Ruíz,
Teresita de Jesus Piñón-Colin,
Teresita de Jesus Piñón-Colin,
Carlos Salazar-Pérez,
Teresita de Jesus Piñón-Colin,
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
Carlos Green-Ruíz,
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
Felipe Amezcua,
M. Barletta
Felipe Amezcua,
Felipe Amezcua,
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
Fernando T. Wakida,
M. Barletta
Fernando T. Wakida,
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
Carlos Green-Ruíz,
Teresita de Jesus Piñón-Colin,
Teresita de Jesus Piñón-Colin,
Carlos Green-Ruíz,
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
A. Rosales-Valencia,
A. Rosales-Valencia,
L. Green,
Fernando T. Wakida,
L. Green,
M. Barletta
Carlos Green-Ruíz,
Felipe Amezcua,
Carlos Green-Ruíz,
Teresita de Jesus Piñón-Colin,
Teresita de Jesus Piñón-Colin,
Fernando T. Wakida,
Fernando T. Wakida,
Jesús Enrique Pollorena-Melendrez,
Jesús Enrique Pollorena-Melendrez,
Víctor M. Muro‐Torres,
Víctor M. Muro‐Torres,
M. Barletta
M. Barletta
Fernando T. Wakida,
M.A. Sarmiento-Martínez,
M.A. Sarmiento-Martínez,
Carlos Green-Ruíz,
Iván Ramírez,
Felipe Amezcua,
Brigitte Gil-Manrique,
Misha Yazmín Hernández-Lozano,
Víctor M. Muro‐Torres,
Carlos Green-Ruíz,
Teresita de Jesus Piñón-Colin,
Fernando T. Wakida,
M. Barletta
Summary
Researchers found that 50% of 1,095 fish examined from 13 species in a tropical estuarine system in the Gulf of California had ingested plastic particles, with all recovered particles being threads and most being small microplastic fibres.
Plastic particle occurrence in the digestive tracts of fishes from a tropical estuarine system in the Gulf of California was investigated. A total of 1095 fish were analysed, representing 15 species. In total 1384 particles of plastic debris were recovered from the gastrointestinal tracts of 552 specimens belonging to 13 species, and all consisted of threads, the majority of which were small microplastics (0.23 to 1.89), followed by large microplastics (2.07 to 4.49), and few mesoplastics (5.4 to 19.86). Plastic particles were identified using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. The mean frequency of occurrence of plastics in the gastrointestinal tracts of fishes from this system was 50.5%, which is higher than frequencies reported in similar systems in other areas. The polymers identified by ATR-FTIR were polyamide (51.2%), polyethylene (36.6%), polypropylene (7.3%), and polyacrylic (4.9%). These results show the first evidence of plastic contamination for estuarine biota in the Gulf of California.