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Microplastic ingestion and plastic additive detection in pelagic squid and fish...
Sambolino, Annalisa; Iniguez, Eva; Herrera, Inma; Kaufmann, Manfred; Dinis, Ana; Cordeiro, Nereida; Sambolino, Annalisa; Iñiguez Santamaría, EvaThe ubiquitous presence of microplastics (MPs) in the ocean represents a potential threat to marine organisms, with poorly understood long-term adverse effects, including exposure to plastic additives. The present study investigated the ingestion of MPs in two epipelagic fish species (Trachurus picturatus and Scomber colias) and three pelagic squid spe cies (Loligo vulgaris, Ommastrephes caroli and Sthenoteuthi...
Seasonal variation in microplastics and zooplankton abundances and characterist...
Sambolino, Annalisa; Herrera, Inma; Álvarez, Soledad; Rosa, Alexandra; Alves, Filipe; Canning-Clode, João; Cordeiro, Nereida; Dinis, AnaThe ingestion of microplastics (MPs - plastic particles <5 mm) by planktivorous organisms represents a signif icant threat to marine food webs. To investigate how seasonality might affect plastic intake in oceanic islands' ecosystems, relative abundances and composition of MPs and mesozooplankton samples collected off Madeira Island (NE Atlantic) between February 2019 and January 2020 were analysed. MPs were fo...