Occurrence of microplastics in commercial fish from a natural estuarine environment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 128, Issue , 2018, Pages 575-584

  Bessa, Filipa ^a   Barría, Pablo ^a   Neto, João M ^a   Frias, João P G L ^b,c   Otero, Vanessa ^c   Sobral, Paula ^c   Marques, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Estuary; Fibers; Fish; Plastic pollution; FTIR

Indexed keywords

FISH; FISHERIES; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROPLASTIC; POLYPROPYLENES;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMMERCIAL FISH; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; FTIR; MARINE SPECIES; MICROPLASTICS; MONDEGO ESTUARIES; PLASTIC POLLUTIONS; VULGARIS; Μ-FTIR;

ESTUARIES;

PLASTIC; POLYESTER; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; RAYON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DIGESTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; INGESTION RATE; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; ESTUARY; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PORTUGAL; SEA BREAM; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERCIFORMES; PROCEDURES; STOMACH JUICE; WATER POLLUTANT;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; DIPLODUS VULGARIS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SERRANIDAE;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PERCIFORMES; PLASTICS; PORTUGAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85044625023     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.01.044     Document Type: Article

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