Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia
Plastic debris is widespread and ubiquitous in the marine environment and ingestion of plastic debris by marine organisms is well-documented. Viscera and gills of 110 individual marine fish from 11 commercial fish species collected from the marine fish market were examined for presence of plastic de...
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| author | Hamzah, Hazilawati Karbalaei, Samaneh Abdulwahid, Samiaa Jamil Golieskardi, Abolfazl Hanachi, Parichehr Walker, Tony R. Karami, Ali |
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| description | Plastic debris is widespread and ubiquitous in the marine environment and ingestion of plastic debris by marine organisms is well-documented. Viscera and gills of 110 individual marine fish from 11 commercial fish species collected from the marine fish market were examined for presence of plastic debris. Isolated particles were characterized by Raman spectroscopy, and elemental analysis was assessed using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Nine (of 11) species contained plastic debris. Out of 56 isolated particles, 76.8% were plastic polymers, 5.4% were pigments, and 17.8% were unidentified. Extracted plastic particle sizes ranged from 200 to 34,900 μm (mean = 2600 μm ±7.0 SD). Hazardous material was undetected using inorganic elemental analysis of extracted plastic debris and pigment particles. The highest number of ingested microplastics was measured in Eleutheronema tridactylum and Clarias gariepinus, suggesting their potential as indicator species to monitor and study trends of ingested marine litter. |
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| spelling | upm-805272020-11-09T15:29:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80527/ Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia Hamzah, Hazilawati Karbalaei, Samaneh Abdulwahid, Samiaa Jamil Golieskardi, Abolfazl Hanachi, Parichehr Walker, Tony R. Karami, Ali Plastic debris is widespread and ubiquitous in the marine environment and ingestion of plastic debris by marine organisms is well-documented. Viscera and gills of 110 individual marine fish from 11 commercial fish species collected from the marine fish market were examined for presence of plastic debris. Isolated particles were characterized by Raman spectroscopy, and elemental analysis was assessed using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Nine (of 11) species contained plastic debris. Out of 56 isolated particles, 76.8% were plastic polymers, 5.4% were pigments, and 17.8% were unidentified. Extracted plastic particle sizes ranged from 200 to 34,900 μm (mean = 2600 μm ±7.0 SD). Hazardous material was undetected using inorganic elemental analysis of extracted plastic debris and pigment particles. The highest number of ingested microplastics was measured in Eleutheronema tridactylum and Clarias gariepinus, suggesting their potential as indicator species to monitor and study trends of ingested marine litter. Elsevier 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80527/1/FISH.pdf Hamzah, Hazilawati and Karbalaei, Samaneh and Abdulwahid, Samiaa Jamil and Golieskardi, Abolfazl and Hanachi, Parichehr and Walker, Tony R. and Karami, Ali (2019) Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 148. pp. 5-15. ISSN 0025-326X; ESSN: 18793363 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19306204#! 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.07.072 |
| spellingShingle | Hamzah, Hazilawati Karbalaei, Samaneh Abdulwahid, Samiaa Jamil Golieskardi, Abolfazl Hanachi, Parichehr Walker, Tony R. Karami, Ali Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia |
| title | Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia |
| title_full | Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia |
| title_short | Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia |
| title_sort | abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from malaysia |
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