Ingestion of microplastics by commercial fish off the Portuguese coast.

By D. Neves, Paula Sobral, J. Ferreira, T. Pereira. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2015

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Microplastic ingestion and diet composition of planktivorous fish (2020, background): “Polypropylene and polyethylene were the main polymer forms found, agreeing with previous studies carried out at the Portuguese coastal area (Frias et al. 2014; Neves et al. 2015; Antunes et al. 2018).”
Microplastics and mesoplastics in fish from coastal and fresh waters of China. (2017, methodology): “Previous studies have proposed different protocols to investigate plastic in fish (Neves et al., 2015; Peters and Bratton, 2016; Bellas et al., 2016).”
Microplastic litter composition of the Turkish territorial waters of the Mediterranean Sea, and its occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract of fish. (2017, background): “, 2013); N 1⁄4 263 (Neves et al., 2015); N 1⁄4 212 (Bellas et al.”
Presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in food, with particular focus on seafood (2016, positive): “Stomach contents of a variety of commercial ﬁ sh species from Portugal contained on average 1.40 (cid:1) 0.66 particles/ ﬁ sh (n = 52), with particle sizes ranging 220 – 4,800 l m (Neves et al., 2015).”
Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture (2017, background): “These species are chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus), Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus), Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus), blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), European sprat (Sprattu”