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Table 1
(continued)
Water
body
Biota species
Location
MPs concentration or occurrence/Abundance
MPs size
Polymer type; shape; color Country
References
Marine
Phoca vitulina
Island Texel
0.26 particles per individual
0.12–0.3 mm
–
Netherlands
[32]
Freshwater macroinvertebrate Upstream and
downstream
Wastewater Treatment
Works (WwTWs)
Approximately 50% of macroinvertebrate
contains MPs
0.14 MP mg/tissue
100
μm
Fibers polymer
UK
[33]
Freshwater Gambusia
holbrooki
Greater metropolitan
Melbourne wetlands
0.60 item/individual
19.4% of the fish collected contaminated
0.09−4.86
PS (25.7%), rayon
(10.1%), PA (7.3%), and
PP (5.5%) In particular, PS
and rayon occurred in
more than 70% of the
sampling site.
Australia
[34]
Freshwater Carassius auratus
Poyang Lake
91% of contaminated individuals
0–18 items per individual
< 0.5 mm
PP and PE; fibrous MPs;
China
[35]
Freshwater Gymnocypris
przewalskii
Qinghai Lake
5.4 item/individual
0.1–0.5 mm
PE and PP; sheet and fiber
shapes
China
[36]
Freshwater Dicentrarchus
labrax,
Diplodus Vulgaris
(Platichthys
flesus)
Mondego River
Estuaries
1.67
± 0.27 (SD) per fish
1–5 mm
PS, PP. and rayon; (96%)
fibers, fragments (4%);
blue color (47%),
transparent (30%), and
black (11%)
Portugal
[37]
Freshwater Riverine fish
Lake Michigan
tributaries
10 (± 2.3) to 13 (± 1.6) MPs particles/fish
<1.5 mm
97–100% fibers MPs in
the water and fish, 1.5–3%
fragment; blue fibers
USA
[17]
Freshwater Squalius cephalus
arne & Seine Rivers
Mean 0.36 Anthropogenic particles/g SC (wet
weight
Mean
2.00 mm–2.93 mm
PP, PET fiber, fiber,
fragment,
France
[38]
Freshwater Hoplosternum
littorale
Pajeú River
83% of the fish ingested plastic debris with
3.6 particles/fish
<5 mm
Plastic debris; Fibers, soft,
hard
Brazil
[39]
Freshwater Coastal
freshwater fish
The Río de la Plata
(RLP) estuary
(Southern Coastal
Fringe)
18.5
± 18.9 fibers/fish
0.7
± 1.7 ‘others’/fish
0.06–4.7 mm
Plastic debris; 96% fibers,
and 4% to ‘others’
Argentina
[40]
(continued)
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Table 1
(continued)
Water
body
Biota species
Location
MPs concentration or occurrence/Abundance
MPs size
Polymer type; shape; color Country
References
Marine
Phoca vitulina
Island Texel
0.26 particles per individual
0.12–0.3 mm
–
Netherlands
[32]
Freshwater macroinvertebrate Upstream and
downstream
Wastewater Treatment
Works (WwTWs)
Approximately 50% of macroinvertebrate
contains MPs
0.14 MP mg/tissue
100
μm
Fibers polymer
UK
[33]
Freshwater Gambusia
holbrooki
Greater metropolitan
Melbourne wetlands
0.60 item/individual
19.4% of the fish collected contaminated
0.09−4.86
PS (25.7%), rayon
(10.1%), PA (7.3%), and
PP (5.5%) In particular, PS
and rayon occurred in
more than 70% of the
sampling site.
Australia
[34]
Freshwater Carassius auratus
Poyang Lake
91% of contaminated individuals
0–18 items per individual
< 0.5 mm
PP and PE; fibrous MPs;
China
[35]
Freshwater Gymnocypris
przewalskii
Qinghai Lake
5.4 item/individual
0.1–0.5 mm
PE and PP; sheet and fiber
shapes
China
[36]
Freshwater Dicentrarchus
labrax,
Diplodus Vulgaris
(Platichthys
flesus)
Mondego River
Estuaries
1.67
± 0.27 (SD) per fish
1–5 mm
PS, PP. and rayon; (96%)
fibers, fragments (4%);
blue color (47%),
transparent (30%), and
black (11%)
Portugal
[37]
Freshwater Riverine fish
Lake Michigan
tributaries
10 (± 2.3) to 13 (± 1.6) MPs particles/fish
<1.5 mm
97–100% fibers MPs in
the water and fish, 1.5–3%
fragment; blue fibers
USA
[17]
Freshwater Squalius cephalus
arne & Seine Rivers
Mean 0.36 Anthropogenic particles/g SC (wet
weight
Mean
2.00 mm–2.93 mm
PP, PET fiber, fiber,
fragment,
France
[38]
Freshwater Hoplosternum
littorale
Pajeú River
83% of the fish ingested plastic debris with
3.6 particles/fish
<5 mm
Plastic debris; Fibers, soft,
hard
Brazil
[39]
Freshwater Coastal
freshwater fish
The Río de la Plata
(RLP) estuary
(Southern Coastal
Fringe)
18.5
± 18.9 fibers/fish
0.7
± 1.7 ‘others’/fish
0.06–4.7 mm
Plastic debris; 96% fibers,
and 4% to ‘others’
Argentina
[40]
(continued)