Microplastics in juvenile Chinook salmon and their nearshore environments on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
Ingestion
Microplastics
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Vancouver Island
Journal
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
ISSN: 1873-6424
Titre abrégé: Environ Pollut
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8804476
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2019
Jan 2019
Historique:
received:
02
04
2018
revised:
28
09
2018
accepted:
28
09
2018
pubmed:
16
10
2018
medline:
22
1
2019
entrez:
16
10
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Microplastics are a significant issue in the world's oceans. These small plastic particles (<5 mm in size) are becoming globally ubiquitous in the marine environment and are ingested by various fish species. Here we investigate the incidence of microplastics in juvenile Chinook salmon and their nearshore marine environments on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We completed a series of beach seines, plankton tows and sediment cores in nearshore areas of importance to juvenile salmon. Microplastics were extracted from fish, water and sediment samples and concentrations were quantified. Microplastics analysis, consisting predominantly of fibrous plastics, showed juvenile Chinook salmon contained 1.2 ± 1.4 (SD) microplastics per individual while water and sediment samples had 659.9 ± 520.9 microplastics m
Identifiants
pubmed: 30321708
pii: S0269-7491(18)31427-1
doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.137
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Plastics
0
Water Pollutants
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
135-142Informations de copyright
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