Historically low microplastic loads within white bream (<i>Blicca bjoerkna</i>) in the Marmara basin, Türkiye

KURTUL I., Parker B., BAYÇELEBİ E., Oral Kaba M., KAYA C., MUTLU T., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, cilt.107, sa.4, ss.1454-1459, 2025 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 107 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/jfb.70076
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1454-1459
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Assessment of 154 white bream Blicca bjoerkna specimens collected between 1963 and 2004 from Manyas and Uluabat lake, northwest T & uuml;rkiye, revealed that only 3.2% of fish were contaminated with microplastics, with a mean incidence and standard error of 0.04 +/- 0.02 particles. Black fibres and white fragments were spectroscopically confirmed as polyamide and polyethylene terephthalate. Contamination status (contaminated/uncontaminated) of individuals was unrelated to Fulton's condition factor, lake, sampling year and sex. Results thus highlight the utility of historical collection specimens in assessing temporal microplastic contamination within freshwater fishes.