Contamination of microplastics in Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia and its distribution in gills and digestive tracts of fish Gambusia affinis
The Brantas River is currently vulnerable to microplastics pollution. Microplastics not only pollute the aquatic environment but also enter the body of fish and other aquatic organisms. This research is aimed at deciding if microplastics were present in the waters and the gills and digestive tract o...
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description | The Brantas River is currently vulnerable to microplastics pollution. Microplastics not only pollute the aquatic environment but also enter the body of fish and other aquatic organisms. This research is aimed at deciding if microplastics were present in the waters and the gills and digestive tract of the Gambusia affinis fish of the river. It also looked at differences in the abundance of several types of microplastics found in the various organ samples and locations. Field research was conducted from January 2020 to March 2020. The microplastics were identified by type, size, color, and the abundance of each type was calculated. The types of microplastics identified were fragments, fibres, films, and pellets. Microplastics of 0.1 mm size are predominant and formed about 76%–100% of the microplastics that were found. Black microplastics were more common in water samples (24%), gills (43%), and digestive tract (46%). The greatest abundance of microplastic fragments was found in water samples of 4066.67 particles/m3, 1352.78 particles/gram in gill samples, and 2138.89 particles/gram in the digestive tract. Multivariate tests for variants of microplastic types found in the organs at different sampling locations gave a p-value <0.05. These results indicate a difference in the abundance values of microplastic species in different organ samples and sites. |
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spelling | doaj.art-7914fc23c1a94f2d8b3723b98be6e6892022-12-21T19:32:56ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Emerging Contaminants2405-66502021-01-017172178Contamination of microplastics in Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia and its distribution in gills and digestive tracts of fish Gambusia affinisNanik Retno Buwono0Yenny Risjani1Agoes Soegianto2Doctoral Study Program of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia; Departement of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran Malang, 65145, Indonesia; AquaRES Research Group, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran Malang, 65145, IndonesiaDepartement of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran Malang, 65145, IndonesiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, Jl. Mulyorejo Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia; Research Group of Environmental Technology and Innovation, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, Jl. Mulyorejo Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia; Corresponding author. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, Jl. Mulyorejo Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia.The Brantas River is currently vulnerable to microplastics pollution. Microplastics not only pollute the aquatic environment but also enter the body of fish and other aquatic organisms. This research is aimed at deciding if microplastics were present in the waters and the gills and digestive tract of the Gambusia affinis fish of the river. It also looked at differences in the abundance of several types of microplastics found in the various organ samples and locations. Field research was conducted from January 2020 to March 2020. The microplastics were identified by type, size, color, and the abundance of each type was calculated. The types of microplastics identified were fragments, fibres, films, and pellets. Microplastics of 0.1 mm size are predominant and formed about 76%–100% of the microplastics that were found. Black microplastics were more common in water samples (24%), gills (43%), and digestive tract (46%). The greatest abundance of microplastic fragments was found in water samples of 4066.67 particles/m3, 1352.78 particles/gram in gill samples, and 2138.89 particles/gram in the digestive tract. Multivariate tests for variants of microplastic types found in the organs at different sampling locations gave a p-value <0.05. These results indicate a difference in the abundance values of microplastic species in different organ samples and sites.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405665021000147GillDigestive tractFragmentsFishFreshwaterWater pollution |
spellingShingle | Nanik Retno Buwono Yenny Risjani Agoes Soegianto Contamination of microplastics in Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia and its distribution in gills and digestive tracts of fish Gambusia affinis Emerging Contaminants Gill Digestive tract Fragments Fish Freshwater Water pollution |
title | Contamination of microplastics in Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia and its distribution in gills and digestive tracts of fish Gambusia affinis |
title_full | Contamination of microplastics in Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia and its distribution in gills and digestive tracts of fish Gambusia affinis |
title_fullStr | Contamination of microplastics in Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia and its distribution in gills and digestive tracts of fish Gambusia affinis |
title_full_unstemmed | Contamination of microplastics in Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia and its distribution in gills and digestive tracts of fish Gambusia affinis |
title_short | Contamination of microplastics in Brantas River, East Java, Indonesia and its distribution in gills and digestive tracts of fish Gambusia affinis |
title_sort | contamination of microplastics in brantas river east java indonesia and its distribution in gills and digestive tracts of fish gambusia affinis |
topic | Gill Digestive tract Fragments Fish Freshwater Water pollution |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405665021000147 |
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