Microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from Río de la Plata estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 85-90

  Pazos, Rocío S ^a,b   Maiztegui, Tomás ^a,b   Colautti, Darío C ^a,b   Paracampo, Ariel H ^a,b   Gómez, Nora ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Estuarine debris; Fish assemblages; Microplastics ingestion; South America

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; SEWAGE; WATER;

FEEDING HABITS; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FRESHWATER FISHES; MICROPLASTICS; SAMPLING SITE; SEWAGE DISCHARGES; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES;

FISH;

MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FRESH WATER;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PLASTIC WASTE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESHWATER FISH; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; SOUTH AMERICA;

RIO DE LA PLATA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FRESH WATER; PLASTICS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 85020789077     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.007     Document Type: Article

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