Assessment tools for microplastics and natural fibres ingested by fish in an urbanised estuary

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 234, Issue , 2018, Pages 552-561

  Halstead, Jennifer E ^a   Smith, James A ^a   Carter, Elizabeth A ^b   Lay, Peter A ^b   Johnston, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthopagrus australis; Gerres subfasciatus; Ingestion; Microplastic; Mugil cephalus; Sea mullet; Silverbiddy; Vibrational spectroscopy; Yellowfin bream

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; FISH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROPLASTIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

ACANTHOPAGRU AUSTRALI; GERRES SUBFASCIATU; INGESTION; MICROPLASTICS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; POLYMER TYPES; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA MULLET; SILVERBIDDY; YELLOWFIN BREAM;

DEBRIS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; MICROPLASTIC; NATURAL FIBER; PLASTIC; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELLULOSE; POLYESTER; RAYON, PURIFIED;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INGESTION RATE; PERCIFORM; PLASTIC WASTE; POLYMER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACANTHOPAGRUS AUSTRALIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FISH; FORAGING; GERRES SUBFASCIATUS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INGESTION; MUGIL CEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; URBAN AREA; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; METABOLISM; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; SEA FOOD; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY HARBOUR [NEW SOUTH WALES];

ACANTHOPAGRUS AUSTRALIS; GERRES SUBFASCIATUS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; MUGIL CEPHALUS; PISCES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CELLULOSE; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; FISHES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTICS; POLYESTERS; SEAFOOD; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85036606271     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.11.085     Document Type: Article

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