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Effects of microplastic exposure on the body condition and behaviour of planktivorous reef fish (Acanthochromis polyacanthus)
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The effect of a pollutant on the base of the food web can have knock-on effects for trophic structure and ecosystem functioning. In this study we assess the effect of microplastic exposure on juveniles of a planktivorous fish (Acanthochromis polyacanthus), a species that is widespread and abundant on Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Under five different plastic concentration treatments, with plastics the same size as the natural food particles (mean 2mm diameter), there was no significant effect of plastic exposure on fish growth, body condition or behaviour. The amount of plastics found in the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract was low, with a range of one to eight particles remaining in the gut of individual fish at the end of a 6-week plastic-exposure period, suggesting that these fish are able to detect and avoid ingesting microplastics in this size range. However, in a second experiment the number of plastics in the GI tract vastly increased when plastic particle size was reduced to approximately one quarter the size of the food particles, with a maximum of 2102 small (< 300μm diameter) particles present in the gut of individual fish after a 1-week plastic exposure period. Under conditions where food was replaced by plastic, there was a negative effect on the growth and body condition of the fish. These results suggest plastics could become more of a problem as they break up into smaller size classes, and that environmental changes that lead to a decrease in plankton concentrations combined with microplastic presence is likely have a greater influence on fish populations than microplastic presence alone.
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“The inclusion of higher order mesopredators (i.e., reef fish) in such studies is less frequent (Critchell and Hoogenboom, 2018; Santana et al., 2021), leaving a gap in our understanding of the mech anisms of MPs transfer to and their ecological fate in these higher trophic level organisms.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Critchell, K., & Hoogenboom, M. O.
- Affiliations
- James Cook University (AU)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Critchell, Kay
- Venue
- PLOS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2018-03-01
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- e0193308
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5832226
- OpenAlex
- W2793168889
- Cited by
- 310
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 10.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2024-07-02)
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Own your potential (DEAKIN) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- 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 › Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Keywords
- microplastics, Acanthochromis polyacanthus, juvenile fish, body condition, fish growth, fish behavior, plastic ingestion, gastrointestinal tract, plastic particle size, coral reef fish, food webs
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Behavior, Animal, Body Composition, Environmental Monitoring, Particle Size, Perciformes, Plankton, Plastics, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Ecosystem, Food Chain, Gastrointestinal Tract
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