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Microplastic ingestion in deep-sea fish from the South China Sea
The Science of The Total Environment2019
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Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Hao Wang,
Xuemei Sun,
Hao Wang,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Hao Wang,
Hao Wang,
Hao Wang,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Hao Wang,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Bijuan Chen,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bijuan Chen,
Xuemei Sun,
Keming Qu
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Hao Wang,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Hao Wang,
Hao Wang,
Hao Wang,
Hao Wang,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Bijuan Chen,
Bijuan Chen,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Hao Wang,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Keming Qu
Xuemei Sun,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Bijuan Chen,
Bin Xia,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Summary
Microplastics were found in all deep-sea fish species examined from the northern continental slope of the South China Sea, with fiber shapes predominating, suggesting pervasive contamination even in deep-water ecosystems.
Monitoring the ingestion of microplastics by fish in the environment is crucial to understanding the risks posed by microplastics in the marine ecosystem. In this study, we investigated the ingestion of microplastics in deep-sea fish from the northern continental slope of the South China Sea. All fish samples were contaminated by microplastics, reflecting a high level of microplastic pollution in this region. The average abundance of microplastics in the stomachs of sampled fish was 1.96 ± 1.12 items/individual and 1.53 ± 1.08 items/g, and levels in the intestines of sampled fish were 1.77 ± 0.73 items/individual and 4.82 ± 4.74 items/g. Fish were collected from depths of 200 to 209 m and 453 to 478 m, and no significant difference in the quantity of microplastics ingested was detected among different depths in this range. The microplastics ingested by fish were dominated by plastics that were <1 mm in size, film-like in shape, transparent in color and composed of cellophane. Our results suggest that the ingestion of microplastics by fish is closely related with the microplastic pollution in the marine environment.