Spatial Variability and Influence of Biological Parameters on Microplastic Ingestion by Boops boops (L.) along the Italian Coasts (Western Mediterranean Sea)
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Recently, many studies focus on the ingestion of microplastics by marine biota. Fish exploit almost every kind of marine environment, occupy many ecological niches and are an important food source for human populations worldwide. For these reasons, they seem to represent very appropriate biological indicators of microplastic ingestion. UNEP/MAP SPA/RAC (2018) identified the bogue, Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758), as a possible target species for monitoring microplastic ingestion in fish populations. This study provides the first report of microplastic ingestion by B. boops from the Tyrrhenian and the Ligurian Seas (Western Mediterranean Sea). Generalized Linear Mixed Models were used to analyse the relationship among biological parameters and environmental factors. A total of 379 bogues were collected in three Italian regions, subject to different anthropogenic pressures (river input, human population, shipping lanes and distance from the coast). Microplastics were detected in the gastrointestinal tract of most individuals (56%) with a mean of 1.8 (±0.2) microplastics per individual. Our study further confirms that this species is able to highlight differences in the ingestion of microplastics according to local anthropization, resulting Latium region to be the most polluted. Fish with lower physical condition are more likely to ingest microplastics, suggesting a relationship with the level of local environmental contamination. Finally, the ingestion of microplastics might be influenced by behavioural differences between sexes. According to our results, males ingest significantly more microplastics than females (p < 0.05). Our research confirms that an extensive knowledge on the biology of a bioindicator species is a priority for developing a valid monitoring strategy, such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive for European waters.
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Sbrana et al. reported that Boops boops individuals in worse physical condition ingested MPs more frequently than individuals in better conditions (high values of Kn).
“Sbrana et al. [47] reported that individuals (Boops boops) in worse physical condition ingested MPs more frequently than individuals in better conditions (high values of Kn).”
From Is Wild Marine Biota Affected by Microplastics? (2022) · cites this paper as [47]
Some studies reported no direct effect of MPs ingestion on health status through using Fulton's condition or Kn.
“Some studies reported no direct effect of MPs’ ingestion on health status through using Fulton’s condition [33,44,45,52,53,56,59] or Kn [46,47].”
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- Authors
- Sbrana, A., Valente, T., Scacco, U., Bianchi, J., Silvestri, C., Palazzo, L., de Lucia, G. A., Valerani, C., Ardizzone, G., & Matiddi, M.
- Affiliations
- Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (IT)
- Università degli Studi della Tuscia (IT)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Matiddi, Marco
- Venue
- Environmental Pollution
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-08
- Volume
- 263
- Issue
- Pt A
- Pages
- 114429
- ISSN
- 0269-7491 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3013205119
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 114
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 3.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environmental Pollution (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Regional Development Fund
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Keywords
- microplastic ingestion, Boops boops, bogue, fish as bioindicators, anthropogenic pressure, Tyrrhenian Sea, Ligurian Sea, Western Mediterranean, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, plastic pollution monitoring
- MeSH terms
- Microplastics, Animals, Environmental Monitoring, Female, Italy, Male, Mediterranean Sea, Plastics, Water Pollutants, Chemical
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