Microplastics ingestion by a common tropical freshwater fishing resource

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 221, Issue , 2017, Pages 218-226

  Silva Cavalcanti, Jacqueline Santos ^a   Silva, José Diego B ^a   França, Elton José de ^a   Araújo, Maria Christina Barbosa de ^b   Gusmão, Felipe ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microfibres; River; Seafood; Semi arid; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MARINE POLLUTION; MEATS; MICROFIBERS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; TROPICS; WATER;

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; FRESHWATER FISHES; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SEAFOOD; SEMI ARID; URBANIZATION;

MICROPLASTIC;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PLASTIC; RIVER; SEAFOOD; SEMIARID REGION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER FISH; HOPLOSTERNUM LITTORALE; INGESTION; INTESTINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC DEBRIS; RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WASTE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; STOMACH JUICE; WATER POLLUTANT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

HOPLOSTERNUM LITTORALE; PISCES;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PLASTICS; RIVERS; SOUTH AMERICA; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85008220875     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.068     Document Type: Article

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