Plastic ingestion by pelagic and demersal fish from the North Sea and Baltic Sea

Plastic ingestion by marine biota has been reported for a variety of different taxa. In this study, we investigated 290 gastrointestinal tracts of demersal (cod, dab and flounder) and pelagic fish species (herring and mackerel) from the North and Baltic Sea for the occurrence of plastic ingestion. I...

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Published in:Marine pollution bulletin 2016-01, Vol.102 (1), p.134-141
Main Authors: Rummel, Christoph D., Löder, Martin G.J., Fricke, Nicolai F., Lang, Thomas, Griebeler, Eva-Maria, Janke, Michael, Gerdts, Gunnar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Baltic Sea
Eating
Environmental Monitoring
Fish
Fishes
Humans
Ingestion
Marine
Marine debris
North Sea
Plastic
Plastics - analysis
Pleuronectiformes
Polyethylene - analysis
Polymers
Scomber
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
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Summary:Plastic ingestion by marine biota has been reported for a variety of different taxa. In this study, we investigated 290 gastrointestinal tracts of demersal (cod, dab and flounder) and pelagic fish species (herring and mackerel) from the North and Baltic Sea for the occurrence of plastic ingestion. In 5.5% of all investigated fishes, plastic particles were detected, with 74% of all particles being in the microplastic (
ISSN:0025-326X
1879-3363
DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.11.043