Are Anthropogenic Fibres a Real Problem for Red Mullets (Mullus barbatus) from the NW Mediterranean?
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Microfibres are among the most prevalent type of microplastics in marine environments. Man-made fibres derived from cellulose are distributed worldwide, but are often confused with synthetic plastic fibres and consequently neglected. All these fibres may adversely affect aquatic organisms, but their levels and potential effects in wild fish remain unknown. We analysed anthropogenic fibre (AF) ingestion in the red mullet (Mullus barbatus), at both temporal and geographical scales, to assess potential effects of these fibres on fish health condition. AFs were present in 50% of fish digestive tracts, with a mean of 1.48 AFs per individual (SD = 1.98). In Barcelona, an increase of 46% in AF ingestion was observed in 2018 compared to 2007. AF ingestion also increases by 20% when Barcelona is compared to a less urban area (the town of Blanes). Visual characterization of fibres by typologies-corroborated by Raman spectroscopy-allowed classification and identification of 88% of AFs as cellulosic (57%), and synthetic polymers (PET) (31%). In all sampling stations, the only histopathological alterations were cysts of unknown etiology, and the most abundant parasites were nematodes. None of these alterations, parasite load, or other fish health indicators (condition indices) indicate an effect of AF ingestion.
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Histologically, no tissue damage was reported at the gill level.
“Histologically, no tissue damage was reported at the gill level [44] (see Table 1).”
From Is Wild Marine Biota Affected by Microplastics? (2022) · cites this paper as [44]
Rodríguez-Romeu et al. found that hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic indices, Fulton's body condition factor, and stomach-fullness index showed no differences related to MPs ingestion levels in Mullus barbatus.
“Hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic indices, Fulton’s body condition factor, and stomach-fullness index (as a measure of feeding intensity) showed no differences related to MPs ingestion levels (see Table 1).”
From Is Wild Marine Biota Affected by Microplastics? (2022) · cites this paper as [44]
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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Environmental status of marine plastic pollution in Spain
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Identification of Certain Microplastic Species in Pelagic and Demersal Fish in the Black Sea
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- Authors
- Rodríguez-Romeu, O., Constenla, M., Carrassón, M., Campoy-Quiles, M., & Soler-Membrives, A.
- Affiliations
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Constenla, María
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-09
- Volume
- 733
- Pages
- 139336
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3021967376
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 101
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 1.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- 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
- microfibers, red mullet, Mullus barbatus, microplastics, fish consumption, gastrointestinal tract, cellulose fibers, polyethylene terephthalate, fish health, histopathology, parasitic nematodes, condition index, urbanization, Barcelona, Blanes, NW Mediterranean
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Environmental Monitoring, Mediterranean Sea, Perciformes, Plastics, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Smegmamorpha
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