Microplastics on Barra beach sediments in Aveiro, Portugal

Chouchene, Khawla; Prata, Joana C.; Costa, João da; Rocha-Santos, Teresa; Ksibi, Mohamed

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112264

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“…Although there was a relatively low sample size, 83% (22/24) of subsamples contained microplastic pollution, highlighting the extent of microplastic contamination within this commercially important fishing area. The direct microplastic counts found in our study are comparable with microplastic abundances found in other systems such as the Mediterranean Sea (0.18–0.64 MP/g) 32 , the North Sea (0.002–1.18 MP/g) 33 , and the Atlantic Ocean (0.10 MP/g) 34 , although the extraction methodologies differed among studies.…”

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The accumulation of microplastic pollution in a commercially important fishing ground

Cunningham

Ehlers

Kiriakoulakis

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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The Irish Sea is an important area for Norway Lobster Nephrops norvegicus fisheries, which are the most valuable fishing resource in the UK. Norway lobster are known to ingest microplastic pollution present in the sediment and have displayed reduced body mass when exposed to microplastic pollution. Here, we identified microplastic pollution in the Irish Sea fishing grounds through analysis of 24 sediment samples from four sites of differing proximity to the Western Irish Sea Gyre in both 2016 and 2019. We used µFTIR spectroscopy to identify seven polymer types, and a total of 77 microplastics consisting of fibres and fragments. The mean microplastics per gram of sediment ranged from 0.13 to 0.49 and 0 to 1.17 MP/g in 2016 and 2019, respectively. There were no differences in the microplastic counts across years, and there was no correlation of microplastic counts with proximity to the Western Irish Sea Gyre. Considering the consistently high microplastic abundance found in the Irish Sea, and the propensity of N. norvegicus to ingest and be negatively impacted by them, we suggest microplastic pollution levels in the Irish Sea may have adverse impacts on N. norvegicus and negative implications for fishery sustainability in the future.

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The accumulation of microplastic pollution in a commercially important fishing ground

Cunningham

Ehlers

Kiriakoulakis

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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“…Microplastics were first observed in the pelagic surface water of the Sargasso Sea in 1972 (Carpenter and Smith, 1972). Until now, microplastics have been found in all aquatic environments, in urban areas characterised by dense industrial activities and/or high population density and also in countryside areas characterised by intense aquacultural and agricultural activities (Chouchene et al, 2021;Costello and Ebert, 2020;Lahens et al, 2018;Li et al, 2020;Ma et al, 2020;Pan et al, 2021;Patchaiyappan et al, 2021;Ríos et al, 2020;Strady et al, 2020Strady et al, , 2021Wang et al, 2020;F. Wu et al, 2020).…”

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Anthropogenic fibres in white clams, Meretrix lyrata, cultivated downstream a developing megacity, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Kieu-Le

Tran²,

Truong³

et al. 2022

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…Similar to these studies, approximately, 5.25 trillion particles weighing 268940 tons float in the world's oceans surface [47]. MPs have been reported along various beaches as well as Yellow sea, China [48]; Nallathanni Island, Gulf of Mannar, India [49]; Aveiro beach of Portugal [50]; France [51] and Turkey [52]. These beaches were mostly characterized by touristic zones, which obviously attract MPs pollution.…”

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Microplastics as an emerging hazard to terrestrial and marine ecosystems: Sources, Occurrence and Analytical Methods

Chouchene¹,

Ksibi

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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Microplastics (MPs) with particles lower than 5mm in size, are crucial pollution of increasing ecotoxicological concern in the environments. Lately, studies on MPs have been documented globally due to increasing awareness of the potential risks for human health and for the environment. However due to limitations of different analytical methods and environmental assessment risk, MPs distribution and biological effects are still database topics. To clarify this gap, this study brings out a wide range of scientific literature related to MPs studies in different environmental compartments as well as sediments, oceans, coastlines, uptake and the health effect. The environmental and health risk related to microplastic contamination is still unclear.

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Microplastics on Barra beach sediments in Aveiro, Portugal

Cited by 34 publications

References 32 publications

The accumulation of microplastic pollution in a commercially important fishing ground

The accumulation of microplastic pollution in a commercially important fishing ground

Anthropogenic fibres in white clams, Meretrix lyrata, cultivated downstream a developing megacity, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Microplastics as an emerging hazard to terrestrial and marine ecosystems: Sources, Occurrence and Analytical Methods

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