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The uptake of macroplastic & microplastic by demersal & pelagic fish in the Northeast Atlantic around Scotland

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Murphy, Fionn, Russell, Marie, Ewins, Ciaran, Quinn, Brian·2017·Marine Pollution Bulletin

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This study reports plastic ingestion in various fish found from coastal and offshore sites in Scottish marine waters. Coastal samples consisted of three demersal flatfish species (n=128) collected from the East and West coasts of Scotland. Offshore samples consisted of 5 pelagic species and 4 demersal species (n=84) collected from the Northeast Atlantic. From the coastal fish sampled, 47.7% of the gastrointestinal tracts contained macroplastic and microplastic. Of the 84 pelagic and demersal offshore fish, only 2 (2.4%) individuals from different species had ingested plastic identified as a clear polystyrene fibre and a black polyamide fibre. The average number of plastic items found per fish from all locations that had ingested plastic was 1.8 (±1.7) with polyamide (65.3%), polyethylene terephthalate (14.4%) and acrylic (14.4%) being the three most commonly found plastics. This study adds to the existing data on macroplastic and microplastic ingestion in fish species.

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Authors
Murphy, F., Russell, M., Ewins, C., & Quinn, B.
Venue
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-09
Volume
122
Issue
1-2
Pages
353-359
ISSN
0025-326X (ISSN-L)
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W2726070559
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219
References
6
FWCI
8.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Murphy, F., Russell, M., Ewins, C., & Quinn, B. (2017). The uptake of macroplastic & microplastic by demersal & pelagic fish in the Northeast Atlantic around Scotland. Marine Pollution Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.073

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