Email this article Microplastic in the Food of Small Sandeel Ammodytes tobianus from the Littoral of the Curonian Spit of the Baltic Sea
- Authors: Gushchin A.V.1, Veremeichik Y.V.2
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Affiliations:
- Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kant Baltic Federal University
- Issue: Vol 59, No 4 (2019)
- Pages: 628-632
- Section: Short Communications
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0032-9452/article/view/168281
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945219040064
- ID: 168281
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Abstract
In the food bolus of small sandeel Ammodytes tobianus caught on the littoral of the Baltic Sea in the area of the Curonian Spit, two types of microplastic material were found—film and villus fibers. Microplastic was found in 21% of the studied individuals, and its portion is <0.01% of the mass of food. Microplastic film is defined with use of infrared spectra as polypropylene in the stage of destruction.
About the authors
A. V. Gushchin
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Email: Poseidon-47@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 177998
Ya. V. Veremeichik
Kant Baltic Federal University
Email: Poseidon-47@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Kaliningrad, 236016
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