Potential microplastics impacts on African fishing resources
| Autor: | Gonzalo Machado-Schiaffino, François Le Loc'h, Karim Erzini, Gauthier Schaal, Jean Hervé Mve Beh, Paula Masiá, Noemi Rodriguez, Eva Garcia-Vazquez, Andrés Arias, Deborah M. Power, Juan L. Mateo, Marlene Bartolomé, Carmen Blanco |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pollution
Marine conservation Mediterranean climate Microplastics Environmental Engineering media_common.quotation_subject Fauna Fishing Fisheries Fresh Water Environmental pollution Animals Humans Environmental Chemistry Research landscape Waste Management and Disposal media_common Fishery Meta-analysis Geography Plastic pollution Biodiversity threats Environmental Pollution Plastics |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Science Of The Total Environment (0048-9697) (Elsevier BV), 2022-02, Vol. 806, N. Part 2, P. 150671 (18p.) |
| Popis: | Microplastic (MP) pollution is increasing worldwide and affecting aquatic fauna in different ways, which endangers current aquatic resources in a still unknown extent. MP-induced threats to marine fauna are critical for developing countries, where waste treatment may be not optimal and coastal communities rely heavily on marine resources for dietary protein. In this study, we assess the importance of MP pollution for African fishing resources. A new meta-database was created from published studies, containing 156 samples with more than 6200 individuals analysed for microplastic content from African and adjacent waters. A combination of research landscape analysis and rank analysis served to identify main research targets and to determine regional fishing resources especially affected by MP. A network of relevant terms showed fish health as a concern in Mediterranean waters, environmental pollution in freshwater and an emphasis on plastic items in South Africa. MP contents in fishing resources from Nile countries and the Gulf of Guinea, followed by Tunisia, are significantly higher than in other regions. Some of the most exploited species are among the most polluted ones, highlighting the threat of MP pollution in valuable but already compromised African fishing resources. Large geographic gaps with almost absent data about MP in aquatic fauna were revealed, especially in freshwater and in East African coasts. These results emphasize the importance of increasing the coverage of MP pollution in African fishing resources, and improving plastic waste management in the continent. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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