Microplastics in Juvenile Commercial Fish from an Estuarine Environment

Filipa Bessa; Pablo Barría; João M. Neto; J.P.G.L. Frias; Vanessa Otero; Paula Sobral; João Carlos Marques

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_18

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Microplastics in Juvenile Commercial Fish from an Estuarine Environment

Springer water 2017 21 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.

Filipa Bessa, Pablo Barría, João M. Neto, J.P.G.L. Frias, Vanessa Otero, Paula Sobral, João Carlos Marques

Summary

Juvenile commercial fish from an estuarine environment were found to have ingested microplastics, demonstrating that plastic contamination affects fish at early life stages in transitional coastal ecosystems rather than only in open ocean habitats. Since estuaries serve as nurseries for many commercially important species, microplastic ingestion by juveniles threatens both fish population health and the safety of seafood reaching consumers.

Microplastic ingestion has been reported by a range of marine fish species, but less known is the level of microplastic contamination by fish species from transitional ecosystems such as estuaries. The aim of this study was to assess the ingestion of microplastics by...

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