Ingestion of microplastics by commercial fish off the Portuguese coast

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-126

  Neves, Diogo ^a   Sobral, Paula ^a   Ferreira, Joana Lia ^a   Pereira, Tânia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Docapesca Portos e Lotas SA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Commercial fish; Ingestion; Microplastics; Portugal

Indexed keywords

INGESTION (ENGINES); NYLON POLYMERS; POLYESTER RESINS; POLYPROPYLENES; RAYON;

COMMERCIAL FISH; DIGESTIVE TRACT; INDICATOR SPECIES; MARINE REGION; MICROPLASTICS; PELAGIC SPECIES; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE COAST;

FISH;

ALKYD RESIN; ALUMINUM SILICATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MICROPLASTIC; NYLON; PLASTIC; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; RAYON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELLULOSE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; INGESTION RATE; PLASTIC WASTE; POLYMER;

ALOSA FALLAX; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BOOPS BOOPS; BRAMA BRAMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTEX MACROPHTHALMUS; FISH; HELICOLENUS DACTYLOPTERUS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEPIDORHOMBUS BOSCII; LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS; LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MULLUS SURMULETUS; NONHUMAN; PAGELLUS ACARNE; PARTICLE SIZE; PELAGIC FISH; POLYPRION AMERICANUS; PORTUGAL; RAJA ASTERIAS; RIVER; SARDINA PILCHARDUS; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; SEASHORE; SOLEA SOLEA; TORPEDO TORPEDO; TRACHURUS PICTURATUS; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS; TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS; TRIGLA LYRA; TRISOPTERUS LUSCUS; ZEUS FABER; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH JUICE; WATER POLLUTANT;

PORTUGAL; TAGUS RIVER;

ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENES; PORTUGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84947595047     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.11.008     Document Type: Article

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