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Plastics occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract of Zeus faber and Lepidopus caudatus from the Tyrrhenian Sea

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 146; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.07.003

1879-3363

Teresa Bottari, Serena Savoca, Monique Mancuso, Gioele Capillo, Giuseppe Panarello, Martina MartinaBonsignore, Rosalia Crupi, Marilena Sanfilippo, Luisa D’Urso, Giuseppe Compagnini, F. Neri, Teresa Romeo, Gian Marco Luna, Nunziacarla Spanò, Enza Fazio,

Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

The present study investigates the occurrence of plastic pollution in two commercially important marine teleosts (Zeus faber and Lepidopus caudatus) from the northern coasts of Sicily (Tyrrhenian Sea). Plastics occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract was higher in Lepidopus caudatus (78.1%) than Zeus faber (51.4%). Debris characterization, carried out by micro-Raman spectroscopy, allowed identified the main types of found polymers as: polypropylene (PP), polyamide (PA), nylon and, to a lesser extent, polyethylene (PE). Of the two fish species studied, the silver scabbardfish appeared to be the more vulnerable to plastic ingestion. Our study represents a starting point that may pave the way for future investigation of the fate, accumulation and transfer of plastic debris to upper trophic levels, to verify their potential toxicity and to better understand strategies to mitigate this phenomenon.