ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BLACK SEA MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819
The accumulation of microplastics in the world oceans is one of the main global problems of the modern world. The Black Sea is the main source of seafood for people from several countries, including Bulgaria. The pollution of the Black sea is a result of various factors, especially anthropogenic. Th...
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| author | Sevginar Ibryamova Stephany Toschkova Darina Ch. Bachvarova Aysel Lyatif Elitca Stanachkova Radoslav Ivanov Nikolay Natchev Tsveteslava Ignatova-Ivanova |
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| description | The accumulation of microplastics in the world oceans is one of the main global problems of the modern world. The Black Sea is the main source of seafood for people from several countries, including Bulgaria. The pollution of the Black sea is a result of various factors, especially anthropogenic. The aim of this study was to determine the presence and accumulation of microplastics in the Black Sea mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819, harvested from different locations along the northern Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Within each microplastic morphological group, three size classes were recognized: 100-200 μm, 25-100 μm, and ≤ 25 μm. Microplastics were found in the soft tissues of all studied specimens but in a different ratio of pellets, fibers and fragments. Generally, the pellets were the most often registered particles, followed by irregularly-shaped fragments, whereas fibers were less numerous. The dominant part of the isolated plastics are made of polyethylene (PE), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Our results pointed out serious pollution with plastic particles in the Bulgarian Black Sea aquatory, which in the future may seriously affect the health of the mussel population and also human health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8109df6f1af94b1290b251434e9ae5c92022-12-22T02:49:49ZengPeytchinski PublishingJournal of IMAB1312-773X2022-11-012844676468210.5272/jimab.2022284.4676ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BLACK SEA MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819Sevginar Ibryamova0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4878-6922Stephany Toschkova1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7500-6106Darina Ch. Bachvarova2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-8783Aysel Lyatif3Elitca Stanachkova4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2698-9251Radoslav Ivanov5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4486-9766Nikolay Natchev6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0416-8738Tsveteslava Ignatova-Ivanova7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4644-266XDepartment of Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, Shumen University, Bulgaria.Department of Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, Shumen University, Bulgaria.Department of Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, Shumen University, Bulgaria.Department of Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, Shumen University, Bulgaria.Department of Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, Shumen University, Bulgaria.Department of Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, Shumen University, Bulgaria.Department of Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, Shumen University, Bulgaria.Department of Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, Shumen University, Bulgaria.The accumulation of microplastics in the world oceans is one of the main global problems of the modern world. The Black Sea is the main source of seafood for people from several countries, including Bulgaria. The pollution of the Black sea is a result of various factors, especially anthropogenic. The aim of this study was to determine the presence and accumulation of microplastics in the Black Sea mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819, harvested from different locations along the northern Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Within each microplastic morphological group, three size classes were recognized: 100-200 μm, 25-100 μm, and ≤ 25 μm. Microplastics were found in the soft tissues of all studied specimens but in a different ratio of pellets, fibers and fragments. Generally, the pellets were the most often registered particles, followed by irregularly-shaped fragments, whereas fibers were less numerous. The dominant part of the isolated plastics are made of polyethylene (PE), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Our results pointed out serious pollution with plastic particles in the Bulgarian Black Sea aquatory, which in the future may seriously affect the health of the mussel population and also human health.https://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issues-2022/issue4/2022vol28-issue4-4676-4682.pdfoceanpollutionanthropogenic pressurebivalvesfood resourcessea water |
| spellingShingle | Sevginar Ibryamova Stephany Toschkova Darina Ch. Bachvarova Aysel Lyatif Elitca Stanachkova Radoslav Ivanov Nikolay Natchev Tsveteslava Ignatova-Ivanova ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BLACK SEA MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819 Journal of IMAB ocean pollution anthropogenic pressure bivalves food resources sea water |
| title | ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BLACK SEA MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819 |
| title_full | ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BLACK SEA MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819 |
| title_fullStr | ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BLACK SEA MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819 |
| title_full_unstemmed | ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BLACK SEA MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819 |
| title_short | ASSESSMENT OF THE BIOACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BLACK SEA MUSSEL Mytilus galloprovincialis L., 1819 |
| title_sort | assessment of the bioaccumulation of microplastics in the black sea mussel mytilus galloprovincialis l 1819 |
| topic | ocean pollution anthropogenic pressure bivalves food resources sea water |
| url | https://www.journal-imab-bg.org/issues-2022/issue4/2022vol28-issue4-4676-4682.pdf |
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