Investigating the presence of microplastics in demersal sharks of the North-East Atlantic

KJ Parton, BJ Godley, D Santillo, M Tausif… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
… regarding their susceptibility to microplastic ingestion. Here, we provide evidence of ingestion
of microplastic and other anthropogenic fibres in four demersal sharks species found in …

Accumulation of microplastics in North Atlantic sharks: causes, potential effects, and bioremediation strategies

RB Casado - 2023 - iconline.ipleiria.pt
… The objective of this study was to investigate the capacity of the digestive conditions of
sharks (acidic pH and enzymes involved in the digestion) to affect the plastics’ integrity, with two …

[HTML][HTML] … microplastic and anthropogenic particle contamination in the gastrointestinal tracts of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught in the western North Atlantic …

K Munno, L Hoopes, K Lyons, M Drymon, B Frazier… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
… Moreover, if translocation occurs, non-lethal methods of sampling to detect microplastics
should be investigated (eg, sampling in blood) to increase sample availability for monitoring …

Microplastics in demersal sharks from the southeast Indian coastal region

M Janardhanam, P Sivakumar, G Srinivasan… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
investigate MPs accumulation in sharks collected from the Southeast Indian coastal zone (Bay
of Bengal). We present evidence of MPs ingestion in demersal sharksNorth-East Atlantic

You are what you eat, microplastics in porbeagle sharks from the North East Atlantic: method development and analysis in spiral valve content and tissue

T Maes, J van Diemen de Jel, AD Vethaak… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
North-East Atlantic porbeagle sharks ingest and digest microplastics and that there is a
potential for microplastic … predator species, examining both microplastics and concentrations of …

Uncovering the global status of plastic presence in marine chondrichthyans

Y Gong, H Gao, Z Guo, X Huang, Y Li, Z Li… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2024 - Springer
… the investigation of plastic distribution in demersal sharks inhabiting the nearshore areas of
the Mediterranean and northeastern Atlantic … benthic/demersal organisms, microplastics can …

Accumulation of chemical elements and occurrence of microplastics in small pelagic fish from a neritic environment

JM da Silva, LMF Alves, MI Laranjeiro, F Bessa… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
… Additionally, microplastics have been considered emergent … pelagic fish in the North Atlantic.
The concentrations of 16 … ), and the presence of microplastics were analysed in sardines (…

Presence and Potential Effects of Microplastics in the Digestive Tract of Two Small Species of Shark from the Balearic Islands

S Torres, M Compa, A Box, S Pinya, A Sureda - Fishes, 2024 - mdpi.com
… Many studies investigating the potential effects of MP intake … sharks have been proposed
as bioindicators for microplastic … non-target caught demersal shark species on the eastern …

Elasmobranchs as bioindicators? A comparative study on ingestion of plastics in the Nordic region

GDS Breckwoldt - 2020 - duo.uio.no
… of three elasmobranch species: one shark, the spurdog (Squalus … The “Vintertokt” is an
annual NOR–RUS demersal fish … vulnerable in ingesting microplastics than S. acanthias, since …

Top predator feeding ecology and microplastic (MP) contamination on the far eastern South American coast: Evidence of MP trophic biotransfer

RR Melo, M Barletta, FFJA Cysneiros… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
… debris contamination, in the Caribbean sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon porosus as a function
of … The technique is based on the investigation of a sample through interactions between …