Microplastic pollution is a widespread threat for marine fauna. Mussels are good candidates for assessment of microplastic exposure in the environment because of their wide geographical and spatial distribution and their filtration system. In this work the 65% of analysed mussels assessed the presence of microfibres in their tissue, with an amount ranged from 0.0 to 4.3 MF/ g ww. This result confirm that mussels could be used as biomonitors of surrounding environment pollution.
Morphological analysis approach to detect microfiber contamination in Mytilus galloprovincialis
SANTONICOLA S.;RAIMO G.;GASPERI M.;COLAVITA G.;
2021-01-01
Abstract
Microplastic pollution is a widespread threat for marine fauna. Mussels are good candidates for assessment of microplastic exposure in the environment because of their wide geographical and spatial distribution and their filtration system. In this work the 65% of analysed mussels assessed the presence of microfibres in their tissue, with an amount ranged from 0.0 to 4.3 MF/ g ww. This result confirm that mussels could be used as biomonitors of surrounding environment pollution.File in questo prodotto:
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