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Exploring microplastic ingestion by three deep-water elasmobranch species: A case study from the Tyrrhenian Sea
Environmental Pollution2019
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Luca Palazzo
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Jessica Bianchi,
Jessica Bianchi,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Marco Matiddi,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Marco Matiddi,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Jessica Bianchi,
Jessica Bianchi,
Umberto Scacco,
Luca Palazzo
Jessica Bianchi,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Jessica Bianchi,
Jessica Bianchi,
Luca Palazzo
Luca Palazzo
Jessica Bianchi,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Umberto Scacco,
Umberto Scacco,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Jessica Bianchi,
Jessica Bianchi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Umberto Scacco,
Jessica Bianchi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Tommaso Valente,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Marco Matiddi,
Umberto Scacco,
Marco Matiddi,
Jessica Bianchi,
Jessica Bianchi,
Jessica Bianchi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Tommaso Valente,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Umberto Scacco,
Alice Sbrana,
Alice Sbrana,
Jessica Bianchi,
Carlo Jacomini,
Jessica Bianchi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Jessica Bianchi,
Marco Matiddi,
Jessica Bianchi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Alice Sbrana,
Luca Palazzo
Luca Palazzo
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Alice Sbrana,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Marco Matiddi,
Tommaso Valente,
Alice Sbrana,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Carlo Jacomini,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Alice Sbrana,
Carlo Jacomini,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Luca Palazzo
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Tommaso Valente,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Alice Sbrana,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Umberto Scacco,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Umberto Scacco,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Alice Sbrana,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Luca Palazzo
Cecilia Silvestri,
Umberto Scacco,
Umberto Scacco,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Tommaso Valente,
Tommaso Valente,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia,
Alice Sbrana,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Luca Palazzo
Summary
Researchers found microplastics in the digestive tracts of three deep-water elasmobranch species (Galeus melastomus, Scyliorhinus canicula, and Etmopterus spinax) from the Tyrrhenian Sea, with no significant differences in microplastic abundance between stomach and intestine contents across species.
This study analyzes microplastic ingestion by three deep-water elasmobranch species (Galeus melastomus, Scyliorhinus canicula and Etmopterus spinax) from the Tyrrhenian Sea, discriminating between stomach and intestine contents. The absence of significant differences in frequency and abundance of plastic items into stomachs seems to suggest that ecological diversity among the three sharks does not strongly influence the probability of plastic ingestion in the study area. On the other hand, the detected differences in the microplastic content into the intestine might be due to a different retention time of microplastics, suggesting how feeding habits could influence metabolic features, and therefore affect the recovery of ingested plastic items. This information would improve the future development of marine micro-litter monitoring systems, following the MSFD requirements. Moreover, this study shows that all the three examined elasmobranch species can give important information even with relatively small sample sizes (N ≈ 30), and they could be used as target species for monitoring micro-litter ingestion in deep-water habitats.