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Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area
Devriese, L.I.; van der Meulen, M.; Maes, T.; Bekaert, K.; Paul-Pont, I.; Frère, L.; Robbens, J.; Vethaak, A.D. (2015). Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 98(1-2): 179-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.06.051
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Macmillan: London. ISSN 0025-326X; e-ISSN 1879-3363
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Keywords
    Contamination
    Food > Human food > Seafood
    Synthetic fibers
    Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Microplastics
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  • Devriese, L.I.
  • van der Meulen, M.
  • Maes, T.
  • Bekaert, K.
  • Paul-Pont, I.
  • Frère, L.
  • Robbens, J.
  • Vethaak, A.D.
Abstract
    This study assessed the capability of Crangon crangon (L.), an ecologically and commercially important crustacean, of consuming plastics as an opportunistic feeder. We therefore determined the microplastic content of shrimp in shallow water habitats of the Channel area and Southern part of the North Sea. Synthetic fibers ranging from 200 µm up to 1000 µm size were detected in 63% of the assessed shrimp and an average value of 0.68 ± 0.55 microplastics/g w. w. (1.23 ± 0.99 microplastics/shrimp) was obtained for shrimp in the sampled area. The assessment revealed no spatial patterns in plastic ingestion, but temporal differences were reported. The microplastic uptake was significantly higher in October compared to March. The results suggest that microplastics >20 µm are not able to translocate into the tissues.
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