Ingestion of microplastics by commercial fish species from the southern Black Sea coast

ERYAŞAR A. R., GEDİK K., MUTLU T.

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, cilt.177, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 177
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113535
  • Dergi Adı: MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Black Sea, Commercial fish, Microplastic, Characterization, Spatial distribution, MARINE LITTER, DEMERSAL FISH, GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT, DIGESTIVE-TRACTS, WATERS, ORGANISMS, SEDIMENTS, MUSSELS, AREAS, GULF
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Microplastic (MP) contamination is a serious threat to today's marine life. Therefore, this study investigates MP ingestion in three commercial fish species (European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus, whiting Merlangius merlangus, and red mullet Mullus barbatus) from the Turkish coast of the Black Sea. Ninety-five MPs were detected in all examined fish (371). Fiber forms were detected in the majority of cases based on the MP morphology. Polyethylene and polypropylene were the most dominant polymer type. The mean of ingested MPs was found as 0.15 +/- 0.04, 0.28 +/- 0.06, 0.40 +/- 0.07 in anchovy, whiting and red mullet, respectively. The size of the MPs ranged from 118 mu m and 4854 mu m. The MP waste was detected in each species, and the highest MP amount was determined in the red mullet, which was significantly higher than European anchovy. The present study's data might be a baseline on the ecological risk assessment of MPs in the fish and future experimental studies on the fish species living in the Black Sea.