Thermal analysis and enhanced visual technique for assessment of microplastics in fish from an Urban Harbor, Mediterranean Coast of Egypt.
Egypt
Fish
Mediterranean Sea
Microplastic
Thermal analysis
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
Historique:
received:
06
04
2020
revised:
07
07
2020
accepted:
08
07
2020
pubmed:
22
7
2020
medline:
9
9
2020
entrez:
22
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Enhanced visual counting technique coupled with combustion analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was applied to assess microplastics (MPs) contamination in fish digestive tracts from Eastern Harbor, Egypt, to provide a simple and economic method for MPs assessment. This was the first study in Egypt to quantify MPs in fish. Plastic particles were detected in all fish samples, represented by seven thermoplastic polymers. The average number of MPs was at its highest level in Siganus rivulatus, Diplodus sargus, and Sardinella aurita (7527, 3593, and 1450MPs fish
Identifiants
pubmed: 32692679
pii: S0025-326X(20)30583-X
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111465
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Microplastics
0
Plastics
0
Water Pollutants, Chemical
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
111465Informations de copyright
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