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Microplastics and linear alkylbenzene levels in oysters Crassostrea gigas driven by sewage contamination at an important aquaculture area of Brazil

Authors :
Miguel Saldaña-Serrano
Camila L.V. Bastolla
Jacó J. Mattos
Daína Lima
Thaís B. Freire
Diego José Nogueira
Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre
Bárbara P.H. Righetti
Flávia L. Zacchi
Carlos H.A.M. Gomes
Satie Taniguchi
Márcia C. Bícego
Afonso C.D. Bainy
Source :
Chemosphere. 307:136039
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2022.

Abstract

The levels of linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) and the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in the oysters Crassostrea gigas were evaluated in six farming areas in southern Brazil. The results revealed higher concentrations of LABs in oyster tissue from the Serraria (1977 ± 497.7 ng g

Details

ISSN :
00456535
Volume :
307
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Chemosphere
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b145391f762662405f371868d55ed432