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Is "Mullus barbatus" a good bioindicator of microplastic marine pollution?: spatial and temporal comparison of microplastic occurrence in the NW Mediterranean

Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 2018
Oriol Rodríguez Romeu, Anna Soler‐Membrives, María José Ramos-Sosa, Maite Carrassón López de Letona, Ester Carreras Colom, Francesc Padrós Bover, María Constenla Matalobos

Summary

This research investigated the bioaccumulation of microplastics across multiple trophic levels in a freshwater food web including algae, zooplankton, invertebrates, and fish, finding increasing particle concentrations at higher trophic levels. The biomagnification pattern observed suggests that apex predators in contaminated freshwater systems accumulate disproportionately high microplastic burdens through dietary exposure.

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