Microplastics in the gut of anchovies caught from the mud bank area of Alappuzha, Kerala

Kripa; Preetha Nair; A M Dhanya; V P Pravitha; K S Abhilash; Abbas A Mohammed; Dhanesh Vijayan; P G Vishnu; Gishnu Mohan; P S Anilkumar; L R Khambadkar; D Prema

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Microplastics in the gut of anchovies caught from the mud bank area of Alappuzha, Kerala

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Kripa, Preetha Nair, A M Dhanya, V P Pravitha, K S Abhilash, Abbas A Mohammed, Dhanesh Vijayan, P G Vishnu, Gishnu Mohan, P S Anilkumar, L R Khambadkar, D Prema

Summary

Researchers found microplastics in the gut contents of anchovies caught from the Alappuzha mud bank area of Kerala, India, documenting the presence of plastic ingestion in a commercially important small pelagic fish from a poorly studied regional fishery. The findings contribute baseline data on microplastic ingestion in Indian coastal fish species.

Marine litter or the non-degradable wastes generated due to anthropogenic activities, has been recognized as one of the major threats to coastal marine ecosystem in the 21st century. These originate mainly from land and enter the aquatic ecosystem through land runoff and also when they are discarded by human beings directly into the coastal waters.

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