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Screening for microplastics in marine fish of Thailand: the accumulation of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of different foraging preferences
Summary
Researchers investigated microplastic ingestion in 492 marine fish (361 demersal and 131 pelagic) from Thailand, finding no significant difference in uptake between the two foraging types, with polyamide fibers dominating in both groups. FT-IR analysis confirmed polyamide as the most common polymer and red-colored fibers as the most abundant morphology, providing the first such characterization for Thai marine fish.
Microplastics in marine organisms are nowadays considered a worldwide phenomenon. An action plan needs to establish to solve this marine pollutant. It requires multidisciplinary information, including the accumulation of data on microplastics in marine biota. The research of microplastic ingestion in the marine environment and organisms of Thailand is limited. As a result, this study was conducted to evaluate the accumulation of microplastics in marine fish from Thailand and to investigate whether the different foraging mechanisms of fish impact the occurrence of microplastics in their gastrointestinal tract. A total number of 361 demersal fish and 131 pelagic fish were investigated. The collected microplastics were counted according to their shape and color. Their polymer type was identified by FT-IR for the first time in fish from Thailand. Moreover, microplastics ingestion sorted by fish size was noted. The number of ingested microplastics in this study was relatively low compared to other locations. There was no significant difference in the number of microplastics ingested between demersal and pelagic fish (p = 0.132). Microplastic fibers were the dominant shape found in both demersal (82.76%) and pelagic fish (57.14%). The most common polymer type was polyamide in both demersal (55.17%) and pelagic fish (50.00%). The dominant microplastics color in both demersal and pelagic fish was red (31.03% and 28.57%, respectively). Microplastics ingestion along different fish sizes fluctuated. This study provides evidence to fill a gap of research relating to microplastic ingestion by fish from Thailand.
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