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Multiple species ingest microplastic but few reflect sediment and water pollution on sandy beaches: A baseline for biomonitoring

2023; Elsevier BV; Volume: 193; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115235

1879-3363

Leonardo Lopes Costa, Ariane da Silva Oliveira, Igor David da Costa, Thayanne Nascimento Silva, Maria Eduarda Azevedo Sciammarella Sant'Anna, Bruna de Souza Tavares, Ilana Rosental Zalmon,

Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Databases recording the ingestion of microplastics by marine animals are growing. This is also recurrent on sandy beaches, where different biomonitors have been proposed to monitor the impacts of plastic pollution. We aimed to record the occurrence of suspected microplastic (SMP) in the digestive tract of multiple taxa (n = 45 identified species) and test whether some macroinvertebrates and fishes ingested SMPs proportionally with the pollution level of sediment and water; thus, we aimed to depict which sandy beach species could be used as biomonitors. Among all taxa, 10 macroinvertebrates and 12 fish species were reported to ingest SMP for the first time. SMP morphotypes proportion differed between abiotic and biotic compartments. Moreover, 10 of 12 taxa did not have SMP concentration linearly related with SMP in sediment and water. Our findings suggest that few species from sandy beaches can be used as efficient biomonitors, although almost all ingest plastic polymers.