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Microplastic contamination in wild shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei from the Huizache-Caimanero Coastal lagoon, SE Gulf of California.
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Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology [Bull Environ Contam Toxicol] 2022 Sep; Vol. 109 (3), pp. 425-430. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 04. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- We identified and characterized microplastics (MPs) in the gastrointestinal tract (GT), gills (GI), and exoskeleton (EX) of Litopenaeus vannamei in a coastal lagoon from the SE Gulf of California. The most common MPs were fibers and fragments with an average size of 403 ± 296 μm, in which the transparent and blue colors predominated. The abundance (items/g as wet weight (ww)) in the GT, GI, and EX was 114.7 ± 33.2, 13.7 ± 5.3 and 3.0 ± 0.5, respectively. The abundance of MPs per shrimp was 13.3 ± 1.1, while the abundance per individual (ww) was 0.9 ± 0.2 MPs/g. Considering the consumption of shrimp in Mexico, MP abundance, and shrimp consumption (discarding GI and EX), we estimated MP ingestion as 280 items/person/year. The results from this study can be used as background information for future MP biomonitoring in shrimp species of ecological and commercial importance.<br /> (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1432-0800
- Volume :
- 109
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35786731
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03568-6