Contamination by microplastics in commercially important marine fish from the north of Sinaloa, Mexico
Keywords:
microplastics, marine fishes, stomachs, North of SinaloaAbstract
The presence of microplastics on the planet has become a major threat to marine ecosystems and the organisms that inhabit them. This problem covers a wide group of animals, such as marine fish, and includes commercially important fish. The present study was carried out from October 2018 to July 2019, the above, with the intention of completing a seasonal cycle. The objective of this work was to know the main types of microplastics ingested by six of the most important commercial fish species for the northwestern zone of Mexico (Centropomus viridis, Cynoscion othonopterus, Pomadasys macracanthus, Diapterus peruvianus, Lutjanus sp and Scomberomorus sierra), in the lagoon and insular systems of Navachiste and Ohuira, Sinaloa, Mexico, 556 stomachs of fishes were examined and analyzed under the technique of stereoscopic microscopy. The results showed that four of the six species analyzed were contaminated by microplastics, finding five different types of particles corresponding to the group of microplastics, [Nylon (99), > Polyurethane (42), > polyethylene (14), > Polyethylene Terephthalate (6), > polyester fibers (2)]. This is the first study that reports contamination by microplastics in these species within the north of Sinaloa, Mexico.
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