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Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia

Samaneh Karbalaei, +6 more
- 01 Nov 2019 - 
- Vol. 148, pp 5-15
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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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This article is published in Marine Pollution Bulletin.The article was published on 2019-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 138 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microplastics & Marine debris.

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Microplastics and seafood: lower trophic organisms at highest risk of contamination.

Chris Walkinshaw, +4 more
- 01 Mar 2020 - 
TL;DR: A semi-systematic review of studies investigating the number of microplastic found in commercially important organisms of different trophic levels suggests that microplastics do not biomagnify, and that organisms at lower troPHic levels are more likely to contaminated by micropl Plastic pollution than apex predators.
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Bisphenol A and its analogs in muscle and liver of fish from the North East Atlantic Ocean in relation to microplastic contamination. Exposure and risk to human consumers

Luís Gabriel Antão Barboza, +4 more
- 05 Jul 2020 - 
TL;DR: The levels of bisphenol A (BPA) and analagous compounds in muscle and liver of fish from the North East Atlantic Ocean were determined and the risk of their consumption by humans was assessed, suggesting hazardous risk for human consumers.
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Plastic pollution solutions: emerging technologies to prevent and collect marine plastic pollution

Emma Schmaltz, +7 more
- 01 Nov 2020 - 
TL;DR: A comprehensive approach is needed that combines technology, policymaking, and advocacy to prevent further plastic pollution and the subsequent damage to aquatic ecosystems and human health and the goal of this study was to address this gap.
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Global distribution of microplastics and its impact on marine environment—a review

Nithin Ajith, +4 more
- 07 May 2020 - 
TL;DR: The findings suggest that among 192 countries of the world, only 22.9% of the countries have carried out research regarding microplastics, while impacts on organisms have mostly targeted fish, whereas studies on other highly affected organisms such as turtles are not well documented.
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Microplastics in fish and fishmeal: an emerging environmental challenge?

Christina J Thiele, +5 more
- 21 Jan 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the existing literature for studies of microplastics in fishmeal-relevant species and concluded that over 300 million microplastic particles (mostly < 1 mm) could be released annually to the oceans through marine aquaculture alone.
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Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

Jenna Jambeck, +7 more
- 13 Feb 2015 - 
TL;DR: This work combines available data on solid waste with a model that uses population density and economic status to estimate the amount of land-based plastic waste entering the ocean, which is estimated to be 275 million metric tons.

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Microplastics in the marine environment

Anthony L. Andrady
- 01 Aug 2011 - 
TL;DR: The mechanisms of generation and potential impacts of microplastics in the ocean environment are discussed, and the increasing levels of plastic pollution of the oceans are understood, it is important to better understand the impact of microPlastic in the Ocean food web.
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Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz, +3 more
- 02 Mar 2012 - 
TL;DR: This review of 68 studies compares the methodologies used for the identification and quantification of microplastics from the marine environment and suggests standardized sampling procedures which allow the spatiotemporal comparison ofmicroplastic abundance across marine environments.
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Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

Marcus Eriksen, +8 more
- 10 Dec 2014 - 
TL;DR: The total number of plastic particles and their weight floating in the world's oceans is estimated from 24 expeditions across all five sub-tropical gyres, costal Australia, Bay of Bengal and the Mediterranean Sea conducting surface net tows and visual survey transects of large plastic debris.
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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. 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.