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Microplastics in oysters Saccostrea cucullata along the Pearl River Estuary, China.
Li, Heng-Xiang; Ma, Li-Sha; Lin, Lang; Ni, Zhi-Xin; Xu, Xiang-Rong; Shi, Hua-Hong; Yan, Yan; Zheng, Guang-Ming; Rittschof, Daniel.
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  • Li HX; CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China.
  • Ma LS; Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510380, China.
  • Lin L; CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
  • Ni ZX; South China Sea Environmental Monitoring Center, South China Sea Branch of the State Oceanic Administration, Guangzhou 510300, China.
  • Xu XR; CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China. Electronic address: xuxr@scsio.ac.cn.
  • Shi HH; State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
  • Yan Y; CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China.
  • Zheng GM; Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510380, China.
  • Rittschof D; Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
Environ Pollut ; 236: 619-625, 2018 May.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29433102
As a transitional zone between riverine and marine environments, an estuary plays an important role for the sources, accumulation and transport of microplastics. Although estuarine environments are hotspots of microplastic pollution, the correlation between microplastic pollution and aquatic organisms is less known. Here we investigated microplastic pollution in wild oysters Saccostrea cucullata from 11 sampling sites along the Pearl River Estuary in South China. The microplastic abundances in oysters ranged from 1.4 to 7.0 items per individual or from 1.5 to 7.2 items per gram tissue wet weight, which were positively related to those in surrounding waters. The oysters near urban areas contained significantly more microplastics than those near rural areas. Fibers accounted for 69.4% of the total microplastics in oysters. Microplastic sizes varied from 20 to 5000 µm and 83.9% of which were less than 100 µm. Light color microplastics were significantly more common than dark color ones. Based on the results, oysters are recommended as a biomonitor for the microplastic pollution in estuaries.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ostreidae / Plásticos / Contaminantes Químicos del Agua / Monitoreo del Ambiente Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Environ Pollut Asunto de la revista: SAUDE AMBIENTAL Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: China Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ostreidae / Plásticos / Contaminantes Químicos del Agua / Monitoreo del Ambiente Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Environ Pollut Asunto de la revista: SAUDE AMBIENTAL Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: China Pais de publicación: Reino Unido