Microplastics in bivalves in the southern Black Sea
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Tarih
2020
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Yayıncı
Turkish Marine Research Foundation-Tudav
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Presence of microplastics in five bivalve species in the southern Black Sea was investigated for the first time. Bivalve species Donax trunculus (Linnaeus 1758), Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus 1758), Abra alba (W. Wood 1802), Anadara inaequivalvis (Bruguiere 1789) and Pitar rudis (Poli 1795) were collected from River Yesilirmak and River Melet mouths in June 2020. Microplastics were found in all bivalve species, except for Abra alba. A total of 92 microplastics were found in 89 individuals analysed. The average number of microplastics ranged from 1.69 to 4 mp.ind(-1). Fibres were the most common type of microplastic type in each bivalve species, followed by fragments and films. No microbead was found. The most common size class was 1-2 mm (34 %). A total of 9 different colours of microplastics were found with black and blue being the prevalent colours. Our results suggest that microplastic pollution in bivalves collected from southern Black Sea is relatively high, suggesting trophic transfer in the food web and risk for human by contaminated diets.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Bivalve, Mollusca, microplastic, ingestion, southern Black Sea
Kaynak
Marine Litter in the Black Sea
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