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

The presence of microplastics (MPs) in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish of the Rio de la Plata estuary was studied. Samples were taken in six sites where 87 fish belonging to 11 species and four feeding habits were captured. Presence of MPs was verified in the 100% of fish. The fibres represe...

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Autores principales: Pazos, Rocío Soledad, Maiztegui, Tomás, Colautti, Darío César, Paracampo, Ariel Hernán, Gómez, Nora
Formato: Articulo Preprint
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Ciencias Naturales
Estuarine debris
Fish assemblages
Microplastics ingestion
South America
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104819
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Naturales
Estuarine debris
Fish assemblages
Microplastics ingestion
South America
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Estuarine debris
Fish assemblages
Microplastics ingestion
South America
Pazos, Rocío Soledad
Maiztegui, Tomás
Colautti, Darío César
Paracampo, Ariel Hernán
Gómez, Nora
Microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from Río de la Plata estuary
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Estuarine debris
Fish assemblages
Microplastics ingestion
South America
description The presence of microplastics (MPs) in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish of the Rio de la Plata estuary was studied. Samples were taken in six sites where 87 fish belonging to 11 species and four feeding habits were captured. Presence of MPs was verified in the 100% of fish. The fibres represented the 96% of MPs found. The number of MPs in gut contents was significantly higher close to sewage discharge. There was not found relationship between number of MPs and fish length, weight or feeding habit. The spatial differences in mean number of MPs in fish observed in this study, suggest that environmental availability of MPs could be of great importance to explain the differences found among sampling sites analysed. This work represents the first study about the interaction between MPs and aquatic organisms in this important estuarine ecosystem of South America.
format Articulo
Preprint
author Pazos, Rocío Soledad
Maiztegui, Tomás
Colautti, Darío César
Paracampo, Ariel Hernán
Gómez, Nora
author_facet Pazos, Rocío Soledad
Maiztegui, Tomás
Colautti, Darío César
Paracampo, Ariel Hernán
Gómez, Nora
author_sort Pazos, Rocío Soledad
title Microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from Río de la Plata estuary
title_short Microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from Río de la Plata estuary
title_full Microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from Río de la Plata estuary
title_fullStr Microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from Río de la Plata estuary
title_full_unstemmed Microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from Río de la Plata estuary
title_sort microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from río de la plata estuary
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/104819
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