A5095657124- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
2024
Universidade do Porto
2024
This study hypothesized whether microplastics (MPs) contamination of larval stages fishes starts at the commencement exogenous feeding phase and, secondly, estuarine fish species are more exposed to MPs pollution than marine ones. Hence, we assessed for first time, presence in two species, European sardine (Sardina pilchardus), a migrant and common goby (Pomatoschistus microps), an resident inhabiting Douro Estuary (NW Portugal). Both were contaminated with MPs, average 4.1 ± 3.6 (S....
The present work aims to evaluate the MP contamination of zooplankton and its impact on trophic transfers at lower levels food web in a field study. During 1 year, seasonal surveys were conducted collect water samples from different sites two estuaries, Douro Lima estuaries (NW, Portugal). was quantified identified into major zooplanktonic groups. Dedicated protocols that had been previously optimized used assess presence most abundant groups (copepods chaetognaths). results showed MPs all...