Exploring microplastics contamination within Paracobitis hircanica Mousavi-Sabet, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili, Eagderi, Patimar & Freyhof, 2015 fishes caught from different water shedding of Gorganroud River

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Offshore Water Research Center (OWRC), Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Chabahar, Iran.

2 Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.

3 Caspian Sea Ecology Research Center (CSERC), Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute (IFSRI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Sari, Iran.

4 Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gonbad Kavous University, Gonbad Kavous, Iran.

5 Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.

Abstract

Gorganroud River is passing through many land uses and might be one of the microplastics (MPs) pollution sources. In this study, we evaluated the abundance and distribution of MPs in Paracobitis hircanica from the Gorganroud River, including the agriculture, forest and urban areas. This fish was not caught from agricultural areas and was only found in forest and urban areas. The most abundant MPs were detected in S3 and S6, collected mainly from stations (S1 and S6) situated along urban areas. Prevalence shapes within the digestive tract were identified as fibers, followed by fragments, and no films were detected. MPs size ranged from 0.1-2mm, dominant MPs sizes were less than 1 mm. Moreover, Black was the frequent color of microplastics detected within the digestive tract. Also, the most common polymer types of these MPs in fish consisted of polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene, and polyester. The results demonstrated characteristics of MPs contamination within the digestive tract of P. hircanica caught along the Gorganroud River and revealed MPs threats of the Gorganroud River as a sinking ecosystem for MPs.

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Aquaculture Sciences
Volume 10, Issue 2
October 2022
Pages 171-179

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