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Microplastic in oysters: A review of global trends and comparison to southern Australia by Nina Wootton; Koster Sarakinis; Rufino Varea; Patrick Reis-Santos; Bronwyn M. Gillanders is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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Microplastics have been documented in a plethora of marine environments and organisms. These small plastics threaten ecosystem health, with implications for seafood species’ health. Oysters are an important cultural and economic aquaculture species globally. Due to their filter feeding mechanisms, they can act as an indicator species and proxy for environmental contamination. This makes them an ideal organism for investigating microplastic pollution. Here, we first systematically reviewed the global literature investigating microplastic in oysters. Globally, 94.4% of all oysters had microplastics, with an average of 1.41 ± 0.33 per gram of soft tissue wet weight (gww). The review showed that wild-caught oysters contained more than double the amount of microplastic than aquaculture raised specimens, likely reflecting the clean and productive waters in which oyster aquaculture systems are commonly located. Second, we quantified microplastic presence and polymer type in commercially farmed oysters (Crassostrea gigas and Saccostrea glomerata) across a broad spatial scale, covering eight sites in southern Australia. Microplastics were present in 49.4% of all sampled oysters, with specim

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Author

Nina Wootton; Koster Sarakinis; Rufino Varea; Patrick Reis-Santos; Bronwyn M. Gillanders

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)