Incidence of microplastics in Indian anchovy Stolephorus indicus from Tuticorin, Southeast coast of India

作     者：Gayathri, Velusamy Pavithra, Raj Thangal, Said Hamid Ganapathy, Selvam Gurusaravanan, Packiaraj Santhanam, Perumal Radhakrishnan, Subramanian Muralisankar, Thirunavukkarasu 

作者机构：Bharathiar Univ Dept Zool Coimbatore 641046 Tamil Nadu India Bharathiar Univ Dept Bot Coimbatore 641046 Tamil Nadu India Bharathidasan Univ Dept Marine Sci Tiruchirappalli 620024 Tamil Nadu India United Arab Emirates Univ Coll Agr & Vet Med Dept Integrat Agr Al Ain 15551 U Arab Emirates 

出 版 物：《MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN》 (Mar. Pollut. Bull.)

年 卷 期：2024年第202卷

页      面：116406页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 

基　　金：Bharathiar University, Coimbatore University Research Fellowship [Zool/2/URF/3654/2019] DST -FIST programme [SR/FST/LS-II/2017/111] 

主　　题：Fish Polyethylene terephthalate Nylon Gut Muscle Gills 

摘      要：In the present study, the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in the gut, gill, and muscle of edible fish Stolephorus indicus sampled from Tuticorin coastal regions of Tamilnadu, India was investigated. We recorded a total of 689 MPs which includes 510 and 179 MPs from males and females respectively. The total abundance of MPs was significantly ( P 0.05) higher in the gut followed by gills and muscle. The sex -wise distribution of average MPs showed high in the females gut and compared to that in males. Further, the length wise distribution of MPs was higher in the muscle in both male and female fish, followed by other organs. The predominance of MPs in tissues were transparent and blue colour with fibers and fragments in both males and females. Besides, polyethylene terephthalate and nylon were evidenced by the Fourier -transform infrared spectroscopy spectrum in all organs of fishes.