Preliminary Observation on Microplastic Contamination in the Scombridae Species from coastal waters of Pakistan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Preliminary Observation on Microplastic Contamination in the Scombridae Species from coastal waters of Pakistan

Published:2022-05-29 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2147-9666
Container-title:Marine Science and Technology Bulletin
language:en
Short-container-title:Mar. Sci. Tech. Bull.

Author:

YOUSUF Farzana¹,BAT Levent²,ÖZTEKİN Ayşah³,ALİ Qadeer Mohammad⁴,AHMED Quratulan⁴,SHAİKH Iqra⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Zoology, University of Karachi

2. SINOP UNIVERSITY

3. SİNOP ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SU ÜRÜNLERİ FAKÜLTESİ

4. The Marine Reference Collection and Resources Centre, 75270, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

Microplastics are one of the major pollution problems of nowadays, have been found in both marine environments and various fish species worldwide. In this study, the presence of microplastics in digestive systems and gills of 6 species from the Scombridae family on the coast of Karachi in Pakistan was investigated. A total of 336 fish were examined for the presence of microplastic in gills and digestive systems. Microplastics were detected in digestive systems and gills in 11.11%-19.51% and 58.62%-85.71% of total individuals, respectively. The amount of microplastic varied from 0.19 to 1.12 items.ind-1 in digestive system and 1.5 to 7.04 items.ind-1 in gill. Fibre was dominant both gills (98.67-99.17%) and digestive systems (100%). More extensive and further investigations are needed on microplastic contamination of the biota on Pakistan coast.

Publisher

Marine Science and Technology Bulletin

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science

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