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Plastics in sediments and fishes at the mouth of Chollas Creek, San Diego, USA

Name: Plastics in sediments and fishes at the mouth of Chollas Creek, San Diego, USA
Keywords: killifish, sailfin molly, plastics, contaminants, microplastics, pthalates, natural history, trash, debris, diet, marine data, History

Talley, Theresa; Venuti, Nina; Whelan, Rachel;

Open Access

Published: 01 Jan 2015

Publisher: SEANOE

Summary

Abstract

The extent to which small plastics and potentially associated compounds are entering coastal food webs, especially in estuarine systems, is only beginning to be realized. This study examined an estuarine reach at the mouth of urbanized Chollas Creek in San Diego, California to determine: 1) the extent and magnitude of microplastics pollution in estuarine sediments and fish, 2) the extent and magnitude of SVOC contamination in estuarine fish, and 3) whether fish preferentially ingested certain types of microplastics, when compared with the microplastic composition of creekbed sediments. Surface sediments (0-5 cm depth) contained about 10,000 small plastic pieces ...

Persistent Identifiers

doi: 10.17882/72119

Subjects

free text keywords: killifish, sailfin molly, plastics, contaminants, microplastics, pthalates, natural history, trash, debris, diet, marine data, History

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