Yücel Nebil, Kılıç Ece
Iskenderun Technical University, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Department of Water Resources Management and Organization, Hatay, Turkey.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2023 Mar;188:114684. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114684. Epub 2023 Feb 1.
This study reports first evidence of microplastic detection in the Patella caerulea collected from 5 different stations located in İskenderun Bay and Mersin Bay. A total of 160 P. caerulea specimens were examined and 40 of them contained MPs in their soft tissues. The number of microplastics extracted per sample varied from 0.20 ± 0.5 items/ind to 0.45 ± 0.7 items/ind depending on station. Fibers were predominant type of MPs and accounted for 75 % to 87.5 % of total extracted MPs, followed by fragments (12.5-25 %). Majority of MPs were 0.5-1 mm size and black in color. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed that the extracted MPs were polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high density polyethylene (HDPE). This study contributes to the knowledge of the transfer of microplastics to the marine food web and highlights the need for protective measurements.
本研究首次报告了在从伊斯肯德伦湾和梅尔辛湾5个不同站点采集的蓝髌骨中检测到微塑料的证据。共检查了160个蓝髌骨样本，其中40个样本的软组织中含有微塑料。根据采样站点不同，每个样本中提取的微塑料数量从0.20±0.5个/个体到0.45±0.7个/个体不等。纤维是微塑料的主要类型，占提取的微塑料总数的75%至87.5%，其次是碎片（12.5% - 25%）。大多数微塑料尺寸为0.5 - 1毫米，颜色为黑色。傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）显示，提取的微塑料为聚丙烯（PP）、聚乙烯（PE）、聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯（PET）、高密度聚乙烯（HDPE）。本研究有助于了解微塑料向海洋食物网的转移，并强调了采取保护措施的必要性。
