Microplastic Fragments in Stomach Content of Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus pelagicus from Wonnapha Coastal Wetland, Chonburi Province, Thailand
Keywords:
blue swimming crab, Gulf of Thailand, microplastic, pollution, wetlandAbstract
The study aim was to search for a quality, quantity, and diversity of microplastics ingestion by the blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus in Wonnapha coastal wetland, along the Gulf of Thailand located in Chonburi Province. Of 296 crabs from the wetland area were examined in this study, plastic debris ranging from 0.09 µm to 38.6 mm size were detected in 26.35 % of assessed crabs and the average value of 0.73 ±1.4 items/total crabs. Fibers were dominant plastic (77.77%); red and blue were the most common observed plastics (32% and 25 % respectively), but 10.65% were microbeads, similar to those found in commercial facial cleansers, 9.72% were pellets resins, and some of which were fragments. Forty-two of the plastics ranged sizes were smaller than 5 mm. This assessment indicates that microplastics are definitely present in P. pelagicus, an important species for human consumption.
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Devriese LI, van der Meulen MD, Maes T, Bekaert K, Paul-Pont I, Frère L, ... & Vethaak AD (2015) Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area. Mar Pollut Bull 98:179-187
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Franzellitti S, Canesi L, Auguste M, Wathsala RHGR, Fabbri E (2019) Microplastic exposure and effects in aquatic organisms: a physiological perspective. Environ toxicol pharmacol 68:37-51
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Thushari GGN, Chavanich S, Yakupitiyage A (2017) Coastal debris analysis in beaches of Chonburi Province, eastern of Thailand as implications for coastal conservation. Mar Pollut Bull 116:121-129
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Tunkijjanukij S, Intarachart A (2007) Development of green mussel cultivation in Thailand: Sriracha Bay, Chonburi Province. Aquac Asia 12:24
United Nations Environment Programme (2016) Marine Plastic Debris and Microplastics: Global Lessons and Research to Inspire Action and Guide Policy Change. United Nations
Vegter AC, Barletta M, Beck C, Borrero J, Burton H, Campbell ML, ... & Gilardi KV (2014) Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife. Endanger. Species Res. 25:225-247
Viršek MK, Palatinus A, Koren Š, Peterlin M, Horvat P, Kržan A (2016) Protocol for microplastics sampling on the sea surface and sample analysis. J Vis Exp e55161
Waite HR, Donnelly MJ, Walters LJ (2018) Quantity and types of microplastics in the organic tissues of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica and Atlantic mud crab Panopeus herbstii from a Florida estuary. Mar pollut bull 129:179-185
Zhang H (2017) Transport of microplastics in coastal seas. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 199:74-86
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