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Trophic transfer of microplastics from copepods to planktivorous and their impacts

Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 2018
Raju Piliyan, P. Santhanam, P. Santhanam, M. Kaviyarasan, Meril Divya, S. Dinesh Kumar, Gunabal Shanmugam, Narasimman Manickam

Summary

This study developed and validated new methods for extracting microplastics from fish gastrointestinal tracts using chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) as a model species. The optimized protocol using enzymatic digestion achieved higher recovery rates and less particle degradation compared to conventional chemical digestion methods.

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