Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos

Abstract Detection of plastic debris degrading into micro particles across all oceanic environments and inside of marine organisms is no longer surprising news. Microplastic contamination now appears as one of the world’s environmental main concerns. To determine the levels of microplastic pollution...

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Autores principales:	Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, Diana Astorga, Lenin Cáceres-Farías, Lisandra Bastidas, Cynthia Soto Villegas, Kewrin Macay, Jan H. Christensen
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f1e949a98f114f8fb9fe95ae4e9f5cfa2021-12-02T13:18:01ZMicroplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos10.1038/s41598-021-85939-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/f1e949a98f114f8fb9fe95ae4e9f5cfa2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85939-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Detection of plastic debris degrading into micro particles across all oceanic environments and inside of marine organisms is no longer surprising news. Microplastic contamination now appears as one of the world’s environmental main concerns. To determine the levels of microplastic pollution at sea, water samples were collected across a 4000 km-trajectory in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the Galápagos archipelago, covering an area of 453,000 square kilometres. Furthermore, 240 specimens of 16 different species of fish, squid, and shrimp, all of human consumption, were collected along the continental coast. Microplastic particles were found in 100% of the water samples and marine organisms. Microplastic particles ranging from 150 to 500 µm in size were the most predominant. This is one of the first reports simultaneously detecting and quantifying microplastic particles abundance and their impact on marine organisms of this region.Alonzo Alfaro-NúñezDiana AstorgaLenin Cáceres-FaríasLisandra BastidasCynthia Soto VillegasKewrin MacayJan H. ChristensenNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez Diana Astorga Lenin Cáceres-Farías Lisandra Bastidas Cynthia Soto Villegas Kewrin Macay Jan H. Christensen Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos
description	Abstract Detection of plastic debris degrading into micro particles across all oceanic environments and inside of marine organisms is no longer surprising news. Microplastic contamination now appears as one of the world’s environmental main concerns. To determine the levels of microplastic pollution at sea, water samples were collected across a 4000 km-trajectory in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the Galápagos archipelago, covering an area of 453,000 square kilometres. Furthermore, 240 specimens of 16 different species of fish, squid, and shrimp, all of human consumption, were collected along the continental coast. Microplastic particles were found in 100% of the water samples and marine organisms. Microplastic particles ranging from 150 to 500 µm in size were the most predominant. This is one of the first reports simultaneously detecting and quantifying microplastic particles abundance and their impact on marine organisms of this region.
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author	Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez Diana Astorga Lenin Cáceres-Farías Lisandra Bastidas Cynthia Soto Villegas Kewrin Macay Jan H. Christensen
author_facet	Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez Diana Astorga Lenin Cáceres-Farías Lisandra Bastidas Cynthia Soto Villegas Kewrin Macay Jan H. Christensen
author_sort	Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez
title	Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos
title_short	Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos
title_full	Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos
title_fullStr	Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos
title_full_unstemmed	Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos
title_sort	microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the tropical eastern pacific and galápagos
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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url	https://doaj.org/article/f1e949a98f114f8fb9fe95ae4e9f5cfa
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Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Galápagos

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