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First record of microplastics in stomach content of the southern king crab Lithodes santolla (Anomura: Lithodidae), Nassau bay, Cape Horn, Chile

Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia 2017 32 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Claudia Andrade, Fernanda Ovando

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This study reported the first detection of microplastics in the stomach contents of king crabs (Lithodes santolla) collected in Patagonia, finding plastics in about 27 percent of stomachs. The findings expand the known range of microplastic ingestion to commercially important crustaceans in sub-Antarctic waters.

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This study reports the first record of microplastics in the stomach contents of the king crab Lithodes santolla. Samples were collected in Nassau Bay during September 2017. Plastics ingested belonged to small microplastics between 3.0 and more than 20 mm long having mainly blue color. Their frequency of occurrence in stomachs was 27%. The microplastic ingestion by L. santolla may present not only a risk for the species self, also for other trophic levels in the food web.

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