PMID- 38334930
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240226
LR  - 20240226
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 11
DP  - 2024 Mar
TI  - Microplastic (MP) occurrence in pelagic and demersal fishes of Gujarat, northwest 
      coast of India.
PG  - 17239-17255
LID - 10.1007/s11356-024-32361-7 [doi]
AB  - Microplastics (MPs) are globally observed in marine as well as freshwater 
      habitats, and laboratory studies have shown that marine organisms can 
      accidentally ingest them. Monitoring the MP ingestion by fish in the environment 
      is very crucial for understanding the risk of consuming MP-contaminated fish for 
      human health. In this study, we investigated MP ingestion in 400 fish individuals 
      from the Veraval Coast, in the state of Gujarat, India. There was 100% MP 
      occurrence in the inedible tissues of fish, and 68% of the analyzed fishes 
      presented MPs in edible tissues. The most dominant MPs based on their size in 
      fishes were 0.05-0.1 mm. One hundred percent presence of only fibres in edible 
      tissue was observed, while in inedible tissue, it was 77%, 20.42% and 2.58% of 
      fibre, fragment and film respectively. The most common MP colour was blue. The 
      predominant polymers were low-density polyethylene (LDPE) followed by 
      polypropylene, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polystyrene. This is the 
      first study performed on MPs in marine fishes from this region. Our findings 
      suggest that the abundance of MPs observed in this area is higher than in other 
      states of the country.
CI  - (c) 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, 
      part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Motivarash, Yagnesh
AU  - Motivarash Y
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1910-4937
AD  - College of Fisheries science, Kamdhenu University, Veraval, Gujarat, India. 
      yagneshmotivaras94@gmail.com.
FAU - Bhatt, Ashishkumar
AU  - Bhatt A
AD  - College of Fisheries science, Kamdhenu University, Veraval, Gujarat, India.
FAU - Kardani, Hitesh
AU  - Kardani H
AD  - Fisheries Research Station, Kamdhenu university, Sikka, Gujarat, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240209
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Microplastics)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Microplastics
MH  - Plastics
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Fishes
MH  - India
MH  - Polyethylene
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Demersal
OT  - Gujarat
OT  - Microplastics
OT  - Other consumer
OT  - Pelagic
OT  - Primary consumer
OT  - Veraval
EDAT- 2024/02/09 12:44
MHDA- 2024/02/26 06:42
CRDT- 2024/02/09 11:14
PHST- 2023/08/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/02/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/02/26 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/09 12:44 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/09 11:14 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-024-32361-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-024-32361-7 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Mar;31(11):17239-17255. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-024-32361-7. Epub 2024 Feb 9.