Microplastics in bivalves in the southern Black Sea

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dc.authoridAytan, Ulgen/0000-0002-6530-3083
dc.authoridOZTEKIN, Aysah/0000-0002-3726-7134
dc.contributor.authorSenturk, Yasemen
dc.contributor.authorEsensoy, F. Basak
dc.contributor.authorOztekin, Aysah
dc.contributor.authorAytan, Ulgen
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:47:59Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:47:59Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractPresence 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipTUBITAK [118Y125]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by TUBITAK (project number 118Y125). We thank to Dr. Selda Bascinar for species identification and Erhan Ozturk for his help during sampling.
dc.identifier.endpage313
dc.identifier.isbn978-975-8825-48-6
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage303
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/7477
dc.identifier.volume56
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000637180200025
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTurkish Marine Research Foundation-Tudav
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Litter in the Black Sea
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararası
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250323
dc.subjectBivalve
dc.subjectMollusca
dc.subjectmicroplastic
dc.subjectingestion
dc.subjectsouthern Black Sea
dc.titleMicroplastics in bivalves in the southern Black Sea
dc.typeBook Part

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