First report of microplastic ingestion by the alien fish Pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus) in the Ramsar site Vembanad Lake, south India

Devi, Suvarna S.; Sreedevi, Anupama Vinod; Kumar, Appukuttannair Biju

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111637

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“…In twenty-five studies MPs were found in more than 50% of the individuals investigated, and in twelve of these, have been found environments or species in which MPs were present in more than 90% of the specimens (e.g., [91][92][93][94][95][96]). Just in ten works were MPs observed in a percentage equal to or lower than 20% (Table 1, e.g., [97][98][99][100][101][102][103]). MPs abundance ranged from values of 0-4 particles per individual [104][105][106][107][108] to maximum observations of~6-30 items per fish [92,93,[109][110][111].…”

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Do Freshwater Fish Eat Microplastics? A Review with A Focus on Effects on Fish Health and Predictive Traits of MPs Ingestion

Galafassi

Campanale

Massarelli

et al. 2021

Water

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Microplastics (MPs) have received increasing attention in the last decade and are now considered among the most concerning emerging pollutants in natural environments. Here, the current knowledge on microplastic ingestion by wild freshwater fish is reviewed with a focus on the identification of possible factors leading to the ingestion of MPs and the consequences on fish health. Within the literature, 257 species of freshwater fishes from 32 countries have been documented to ingest MPs. MPs ingestion was found to increase with rising level of urbanization, although a direct correlation with MPs concentration in the surrounding water has not been identified. MPs ingestion was detected in all the published articles, with MPs presence in more than 50% of the specimens analyzed in one study out of two. Together with the digestive tract, MPs were also found in the gills, and there is evidence that MPs can translocate to different tissues of the organism. Strong evidence, therefore, exists that MPs may represent a serious risk for ecosystems, and are a direct danger for human health. Moreover, toxicological effects have also been highlighted in wild catches, demonstrating the importance of this problem and suggesting the need for laboratory experiments more representative of the environmental situation.

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Do Freshwater Fish Eat Microplastics? A Review with A Focus on Effects on Fish Health and Predictive Traits of MPs Ingestion

Galafassi

Campanale

Massarelli

et al. 2021

Water

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“…One study reported a mean concentration of 1.7 MPs/GIT in the Piaractus brachypomus from Vembanad Lake, the largest brackish water lake on the southwest coast of India. In their study, 69 particles were separated from 32 guts of 123 fish (26%) [ 62 ]. The present study found 17 particles in the guts of 9 out of 10 fish (90%).…”

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Microplastics in the Surface Water and Gastrointestinal Tract of Salmo trutta from the Mahodand Lake, Kalam Swat in Pakistan

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Hassan

Siddique

et al. 2022

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Microplastic pollution is becoming an increasingly severe environmental problem. As compared to the marine ecosystem, freshwater ecosystems at high-altitude, remote regions are less studied and lag far behind. Thus, the present study aims to highlight this issue and fill the gap in this regard. The presence of microplastics (MPs) in the surface water and the gastrointestinal tracts (GITs) of brown trout (Salmo trutta) from Lake Mahodand, Kalam Swat, Pakistan, at a high altitude of 2865 m above sea level was investigated. For microplastic extraction, samples were digested with H2O2, NaCl solution was added for density separation, and then samples were filtered with a cellulose nitrate filter (pore size 0.45 µ). After this, visual observation and polymer detection with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, microplastics were characterized by their shapes, sizes, colors, and polymer types. In the surface water sample, MP particles were found in the range of 0–5 MPs/L, where the mean concentration of MPs was 2.3 ± 1.52 MPs/L and 1.7 ± 1.05 MPs/gastrointestinal tract (GIT) isolated from the GIT of brown trout. Particles of relatively larger size (500–300 µm) were more abundant than other ranges of particles (300–150 and 150–50 µm) in the surface water and fish samples. The fiber was the most abundant shape of MP particles, followed by sheets and fragments in surface water and fish samples (fibers > sheets > fragments). Four types of polymer viz. low-density polyethylene (LDPE) (44.4%), polypropylene homopolymer (PPH) (19.4%), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) (30.5%), and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) (5.5%) were detected by FTIR spectroscopy. The findings of the present study showed that MPs reached into higher altitudes in remote areas due to tourism activities.

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“…Abundances of MPs in the GI tracts of shes collected from the Kollidam and Vellar River Each value at the number of individuals is mean ± SD of the respective grouped sh species, (n=23) Mean values within the same column of both sites sharing same alphabetical letter superscripts are not statistically signi cant at P<0.05; Whereas *, denotes the signi cant difference of MPs in shes between locations (one-way ANOVA and subsequent post hoc multiple comparisons with DMRT).Lengthwise distribution of MPs in the GI tract of shesThe mean length of 128 MPs isolated from the shes C. nama, C. chanos and C. macrolepis from the Kollidam River was recorded. The length of MPs lay within the ranges from 32 14. to 267.083 µm, 11.602 to 273.389 µm, and 18.40 to 333.916 µm in C. nama, C. chanos and C. macrolepis respectively.…”

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“…The sh Gambusia holbrooki from wetlands of Melbourne, Australia ingested MPs were majorly found in the bre shape (Su et al 2019), which is similar to our present study. Similarly, the alien sh Piaractus brachypomus sampled from Ramsar wetland Vembanad Lake, Kerala India was accounted for 50% of bres in their GI tracts (Devi et al 2020). Report on the sh species Platichthys esus and Osmerus eperlanus collected from the River Thames, London was revealed higher bre particles rather than other types of MPs (McGoran et al 2017).…”

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Occurrence of Microplastics in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Edible Fishes from South Indian Rivers

Anandhan

Tharini

Thangal

et al. 2022

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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The occurrence of microplastics MPs in the gastrointestinal (GI) tracts of the ve different sh species (Chanos chanos, Chanda nama, Chelon macrolepis, Gerrus lamentosus, and Carangoides malabaricus) from the Kollidam River and Vellar River of Tamil Nadu, Southern India were evaluated. A maximum of 23 individual shes was sampled from both Rivers and alkaline digestion was performed to extract the MPs in the GI tract of shes. The results revealed that a total of 315 MPs were isolated from the GI tracts of all shes sampled from both Rivers with bres and fragments. The average size of ingested MPs was ranged between 108.72 to 129.11 µm and 181 to 284 µm in the shes sampled from Kollidam and Vellar River respectively. In the morphological examination of MPs, shes from both Rivers showed the maximum level of bres, followed by fragments. The colour pattern of the ingested MPs was dominated by blue, transparent, red and other colours in both rivers. In this study, MPs in the GI tract of shes indicated that the MPs pollution in studied Rivers can cause signi cant threats to aquatic fauna.

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First report of microplastic ingestion by the alien fish Pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus) in the Ramsar site Vembanad Lake, south India

Cited by 56 publications

References 48 publications

Do Freshwater Fish Eat Microplastics? A Review with A Focus on Effects on Fish Health and Predictive Traits of MPs Ingestion

Do Freshwater Fish Eat Microplastics? A Review with A Focus on Effects on Fish Health and Predictive Traits of MPs Ingestion

Microplastics in the Surface Water and Gastrointestinal Tract of Salmo trutta from the Mahodand Lake, Kalam Swat in Pakistan

Occurrence of Microplastics in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Edible Fishes from South Indian Rivers

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