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Microplastics in wild freshwater fish of different feeding habits from Beijiang and Pearl River Delta regions, south China
Chemosphere2020
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Shaodan Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Shaolin Xie,
Chaonan Zhang,
Di Sun,
Aiguo Zhou,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Shaodan Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Di Sun,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Shaodan Wang,
Zhengkun Pan,
Shaodan Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaolin Xie,
Shaolin Xie,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Di Sun,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Zhengkun Pan,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Aiguo Zhou,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Shaolin Xie,
Jun Wang,
Shaolin Xie,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Zhengkun Pan,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Jun Wang,
Zhengkun Pan,
Zhengkun Pan,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Shaodan Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Shaolin Xie,
Aiguo Zhou,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Di Sun,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Shaolin Xie,
Shaolin Xie,
Chaonan Zhang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Zhengkun Pan,
Zhengkun Pan,
Zhengkun Pan,
Zhengkun Pan,
Chaonan Zhang,
Di Sun,
Di Sun,
Di Sun,
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Aiguo Zhou,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Shaolin Xie,
Chaonan Zhang,
Shaolin Xie,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Zhengkun Pan,
Shaolin Xie,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Aiguo Zhou,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Aiguo Zhou,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Chaonan Zhang,
Jun Wang,
Shaolin Xie,
Jixing Zou
Aiguo Zhou,
Aiguo Zhou,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Shaolin Xie,
Jun Wang,
Shaolin Xie,
Shaolin Xie,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jixing Zou
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Di Sun,
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Shaodan Wang,
Shaodan Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Aiguo Zhou,
Jixing Zou
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Jixing Zou
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Aiguo Zhou,
Aiguo Zhou,
Aiguo Zhou,
Aiguo Zhou,
Aiguo Zhou,
Jixing Zou
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Aiguo Zhou,
Jun Wang,
Shaolin Xie,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Shaolin Xie,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jun Wang,
Jixing Zou
Summary
Microplastics were found in both surface water and the digestive tracts of wild freshwater fish from the Beijiang River and Pearl River Delta in southern China, with omnivorous fish containing roughly twice as many particles as carnivores. Fibers and fragments were the most common forms, and smaller particles under 1 mm predominated.
Study Type
Environmental
Microplastic pollution is a major global challenge and a severe threat to aquatic organisms. The Pearl River Basin is the most important river system in Guangdong Province, China. As the second largest tributary of the Pearl River Basin, the Beijiang River flows through many cities in Guangdong Province and eventually merges into the Pearl River Delta. The goal of this research was to explore the microplastic pollution problem in the Beijiang River and Pearl River Delta. In total, 26 surface water and 47 wild freshwater fish samples from the Pearl River Delta and the main runoff area of the Beijiang River were collected. The average abundance of microplastics in surface water samples from the Beijiang River was 3183 items/m³, and the average abundance in fish samples was 5.6 items/individual; the values for the Pearl River Delta were 7571 items/m³ and 4.8 items/individual. In all samples, fibers and fragments were the major microplastic contaminants, most were white in color, and most were <1 mm in size. The microplastic abundance in carnivorous fish samples in the Beijiang River and Pearl River Delta was 3.5 and 3 items/individual, respectively, and omnivorous fish samples had 6.8 and 6.2 items/individual, respectively. Thus, the microplastic abundance in omnivorous fish samples was about twice that of the carnivorous fish. These results reveal the quantity of microplastic pollution in the Beijiang River and the Pearl River Delta and provide an important basis for further study of microplastics in the freshwater ecosystem of the Pearl River Basin.