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Microplastic ingestion by Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 fish and its potential for causing oxidative stress
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A total of 417 striped red mullet, Mullus surmuletus, were analyzed to study microplastic ingestion and livers of fish were assessed to study effects of microplastics. Nearly one third (27.30%) of the individuals were quantified to ingest microplastics although there was no evidence of oxidative stress or cellular damage in the liver of fish which had ingested microplastics. A small increase in the activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST) of M. surmuletus was detected which could be suggesting an induction of the detoxification systems but these findings should be tested in laboratory conditions under a controlled diet and known concentration of microplastics. Fish from trammel fisheries, operating closer to land and targeting larger individuals, showed higher mean ingestion values than fish from trawling fisheries, and were related to body size, as microplastics ingested increased with total fish length. Consequently, ingestion values of microplastics were not related to sampling distance from land giving further evidence of the ubiquity of microplastics in the marine environment. Finally, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis showed that the vast majority of microplastics were filament type and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was the main identified component.
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“Alomar et al. [50] reported a significant increase in GST activity also in a Mullus surmuletus liver which had ingested MPs (see Table 1).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Alomar, C., Sureda, A., Capó, X., Guijarro, B., Tejada, S., & Deudero, S.
- Affiliations
- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (ES)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Universitat de les Illes Balears (ES)
- Hospital Son Llatzer (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Alomar, C.
- Venue
- Environmental Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-11
- Volume
- 159
- Pages
- 135-142
- ISSN
- 0013-9351 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2743669027
- Cited by
- 377
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 52 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 12.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environmental Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission DG Environment (11.0661/2016/748067/SUB/ENV.C2)
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
- Programme of Promotion of Biomedical Research and Health Sciences (CB12/03/30038)
- University of the Balearic Islands
- 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 › Ecology › Coastal Fisheries and Human Impacts
- Keywords
- microplastic ingestion, Mullus surmuletus, striped red mullet, oxidative stress, liver, glutathione S-transferase, detoxification, body size, marine microplastics, polyethylene terephthalate, FTIR spectroscopy
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Eating, Environmental Monitoring, Female, Food Contamination, Male, Perciformes, Plastics, Spain, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Seafood, Oxidative Stress
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