Dynamics in Microplastic Ingestion During the Past Six Decades in Herbivorous Fish on the Mediterranean Israeli Coast

Noam van der Hal; Erez Yeruham; Dror L. Angel

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_21

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Dynamics in Microplastic Ingestion During the Past Six Decades in Herbivorous Fish on the Mediterranean Israeli Coast

Springer water 2017 16 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.

Noam van der Hal, Erez Yeruham, Dror L. Angel

Summary

Researchers examined the digestive tracts of two rabbitfish species collected from the Mediterranean coast of Israel in 2016 and found that 92% had consumed microplastics, with some individuals containing more than 500 particles. Comparing these findings to historical specimens suggests that microplastic ingestion by Mediterranean fish has increased substantially over the past six decades.

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Examination of the digestive tracts of two species of siganids (rabbitfish), collected in 2016 in the Mediterranean coastal waters of Israel, for the presence of microplastics (MP) revealed that 92% of the 88 fish examined had consumed between 1 and >500 MP per...

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