Microplastics presence in cultured and wild-caught cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis

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dc.contributor.authorHall, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Ana
dc.contributor.authorSardinha-Silva, Andreia
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Paul
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Dannielle
dc.contributor.authorCooke, Gavan
dc.contributor.authorBlackburn, Kirsty
dc.contributor.authorSykes, António
dc.date.acceptance2020-08-05
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-01T09:57:36Z
dc.date.available2020-12-01T09:57:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-15
dc.descriptionAvailable on previous employers repositoryen
dc.description.abstractAmongst cephalopods microplastics have been reported only in jumbo squid gut. We investigated microplastics in the digestive system of wild cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) as they are predators and prey and compared the stomach, caecum/intestine and digestive gland (DG) of wild and cultured animals, exposed to seawater from a comparable source. Fibers were the most common type (≈90% of total count) but were ≈2× higher in relation to body weight in wild vs. cultured animals. Fibers were transported to the DG where the count was ≈2× higher /g in wild (median 1.85 fibers/g) vs. cultured. In wild-caught animals the DG was the predominant location but in cultured animals the fibers were more evenly distributed in the digestive tract. The potential impact of microplastics on health of cuttlefish is discussed. Cuttlefish represent a previously unrecognized source of microplastic trophic transfer to fish and finding fibers in cultured animals has implications for aquaculture.en
dc.exception.reasonavailable on Anglia Ruskin uni websiteen
dc.exception.ref2021codes254aen
dc.funderNo external funderen
dc.identifier.citationOliveira, A.R., Sardinha-Silva, A., Andrews, P.L.R., Green, D., Cooke, G.M., Hall, S., Blackburn, K., and Sykes, A.V. (2020) Microplastics presence in cultured and wild-caught cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160, 111553.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111553
dc.identifier.urihttps://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/706013/
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/20496
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.researchinstituteLeicester Institute for Pharmaceutical Innovation - From Molecules to Practice (LIPI)en
dc.subjectAquacultureen
dc.subjectCuttlefishen
dc.subjectFood weben
dc.subjectHuman consumptionen
dc.subjectIngestionen
dc.subjectMicroplasticsen
dc.titleMicroplastics presence in cultured and wild-caught cuttlefish, Sepia officinalisen
dc.typeArticleen

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