Experimental development of a new protocol for extraction and characterization of microplastics in fish tissues: First observations in commercial species from Adriatic Sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-26

  Avio, Carlo Giacomo ^a   Gorbi, Stefania ^a   Regoli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commercial fish; Extraction; FT IR; Marine organisms; Microplastics; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOMARKERS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EXTRACTION; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROPLASTIC; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TISSUE;

COMMERCIAL FISH; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MARINE ORGANISMS; MICROPLASTICS; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; TISSUE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FISH; FISH TISSUE MICROPLASTIC EXTRACTION; HISTOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; MUGIL CEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STOMACH; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEA FOOD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MUGIL CEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SEAFOOD; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84945460483     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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