Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in shellfish from Jiaozhou Bay, China

Kangning ZHANG; Junhua LIANG; Tao LIU; Qingjie LI; Mingliang ZHU; Shan ZHENG; Xiaoxia SUN

doi:10.1007/s00343-021-0465-7

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Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in shellfish from Jiaozhou Bay, China

Ecology | Updated：2023-04-27

- Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in shellfish from Jiaozhou Bay, China
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 40, Issue 1, Pages: 163-172(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Jiaozhou Bay National Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
  2.Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
  3.Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
  4.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Author bio：
  
  Xiaoxia SUN, E-mail: xsun@qdio.ac.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-021-0465-7
  CLC：
- Received：04 December 2020，
  
  Accepted：10 January 2021，
  
  Online First：23 February 2021，
  
  Published：2022-01
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Kangning ZHANG, Junhua LIANG, Tao LIU, et al. Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in shellfish from Jiaozhou Bay, China[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(1): 163-172.
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Kangning ZHANG, Junhua LIANG, Tao LIU, et al. Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in shellfish from Jiaozhou Bay, China[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(1): 163-172. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-021-0465-7.

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Abstract

As an emerging pollutant

the presence of microplastics in marine organisms has been concerned increasingly. Shellfish

which are both economically and ecologically important

are of particular concern. In this study

we investigated the microplastic pollution in wild and farmed oysters (

Crassostrea gigas

) and clams (

Ruditapes philippinarum

) in the Jiaozhou Bay

China

for the first time. We found the microplastic pollution in shellfish in Jiaozhou Bay was at a moderate level. The abundance of microplastics in shellfish ranged from 0.16 to 12.09 items/g (wet weight

ww) or 1 to 9 items/ind. The average abundance of the ingested microplastics was 1.21 items/g (or 2.17 items/ind.) in all shellfish

1.51 items/g (or 2.00 items/ind.) in clams and 0.92 items/g (or 2.34 items/ind.) in oysters. The abundance of microplastics in clams was significantly higher than that in oysters. Most microplastics (92.97%) were fibers

followed by fragments. The predominant color of the microplastics was black (42.97%)

followed by blue

transparent

and red. Cellophane and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) dominated the microplastic composition. According to shellfish consumption

it can be inferred that the average microplastic consumption through Chinese diet is 1.27×10

items per capita per year.

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