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Zebrafish can recognize microplastics as inedible materials: Quantitative evidence of ingestion behavior
The Science of The Total Environment2018
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Shin Woong Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Yooeun Chae,
Dokyung Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Yooeun Chae,
Yooeun Chae,
Yooeun Chae,
Yooeun Chae,
Yooeun Chae,
Dokyung Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Yooeun Chae,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
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Shin Woong Kim,
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Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Youn‐Joo An
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Youn‐Joo An
Yooeun Chae,
Shin Woong Kim,
Youn‐Joo An
Shin Woong Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Yooeun Chae,
Dokyung Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Dokyung Kim,
Youn‐Joo An
Youn‐Joo An
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Shin Woong Kim,
Youn‐Joo An
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Dokyung Kim,
Yooeun Chae,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Shin Woong Kim,
Youn‐Joo An
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Youn‐Joo An
Dokyung Kim,
Yooeun Chae,
Yooeun Chae,
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Dokyung Kim,
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Summary
Zebrafish were exposed to polyethylene microplastics alongside food particles at various ratios, with results showing that fish recognized MPs as inedible—exhibiting spitting behavior and spending more time on prey capture—but ingested some particles incidentally when food was present. The study provides quantitative evidence that small freshwater fish have limited but real ability to discriminate plastic from food, and that co-ingestion with food is the dominant intake route.
This study investigated the ingestion behavior of zebrafish exposed to microplastic particles (MPs) at different concentrations, presented alone or in a mix with food particles. Zebrafish showed spitting behavior after ingesting micro-sized (247.5 μm) polyethylene particles (i.e., MPs), with prey-capture time increasing when food and MPs were supplied simultaneously. Fish were compelled to ingest MPs with food, and the accumulation percentage (ingested particles/supplied particles) was quantified as 0.5 to 9.4% with increasing food volume. However, the accumulation percentage was determined as 0.0 to 1.0% under exposure to MPs only, and as 3.8 to 4.3% at high MP concentrations when the food concentration was fixed. Overall, these results demonstrate that small freshwater organisms can recognize that MPs are not food items. Under laboratory conditions, zebrafish rarely discriminate between food and MPs when both are presented together, and the indiscriminate feeding behavior becomes clearer as more food is available.