Revealing the capability of the European hake to cope with micro-litter environmental exposure and its inferred potential health impact in the NW Mediterranean Sea
Muns-Pujadas, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Dallarés, Sara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Constenla Matalobos, Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Padrós, Francesc 1965- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Carreras Colom, Ester (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Grelaud, Michael (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Carrassón López de Letona, Maite (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Soler Membrives, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Prevalence, abundance, concentration, size and composition of anthropogenic items (AIs) (synthetic and non-synthetic) ingested by Merluccius merluccius juvenile specimens and from near-bottom water samples from different localities off the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean), were characterized. The potential effect of AIs on fish condition was assessed through different health indicators. Virtually all AIs found in fish and near-bottom water samples were fibres. A mean of 0. 85 fibres/m3 from the surrounding water was observed. Fish ingested a mean of 1. 39 (SD = 1. 39) items/individual. Cellulosic fibres were predominant (77. 8% of samples), except for Barcelona. No differences in ingested AIs abundance and composition off Barcelona between 2007 and 2019 were found. Small AIs from the environment matched ingested AIs composition. Hakes did not ingest large fibres despite being present in the environment, probably due to their feeding behaviour. No adverse health effects or parasites aggregations were detected to be potentially related to AIs ingestion.
Grants:	Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia CTM2006-13508-C02-01 Agencia Estatal de Investigación RTI 2018-094806-B-I00 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2022/FI_B00405
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Anthropogenic items ; Bioindicator ; Cellulose ; Fibre ingestion ; Fish health ; Merluccius merluccius ; Microplastics ; Quality assurance
Published in:	Marine Environmental Research, Vol. 186 (April 2023) , art. 105921, ISSN 1879-0291

DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105921
PMID: 36827887

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