Presence of microplastic in the digestive tracts of European flounder, Platichthys flesus, and European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus, from the River Thames

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue , 2017, Pages 744-751

  McGoran, A R ^a   Clark, P F ^b   Morritt, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibres; Microplastics; Osmerus eperlanus; Platichthys flesus; River Thames; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FIBERS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYAMIDES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

MICROPLASTICS; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; RIVER THAMES; UNITED KINGDOM;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACRYLIC ACID; NYLON; PLASTIC; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DEMERSAL FISH; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PLASTIC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENGLAND; ESTUARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PREDATOR; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FLOUNDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; OSMERIFORMES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

OSMERUS EPERLANUS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS;

ANIMALS; ENGLAND; FLOUNDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LONDON; OSMERIFORMES; PLASTICS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85000764503     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.078     Document Type: Article

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