ReviewToxics2022
A Meta-Analysis of the Characterisations of Plastic Ingested by Fish Globally.
Review in Toxics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Microplastics and Human Health: A Global Public Health Crisis.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026Article
- Review
- The Human Plastiphere: A Bioparticulate System Challenging Microplastic Risk Assessment and Governance.Environmental science & technology · 2025Review
- Can Fish Escape the Evolutionary Trap Induced by Microplastics?Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Macroplastic and Microparticle Pollution in Beach Sediments from Urias Coastal Lagoon (Northwest Mexico).Toxics · 2024Article
- What do we know about plastic pollution in Brazilian aquatic ecosystems?Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Article
- The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health.Annals of global health · 2023Review
- Article
- First Evidence of Microplastics in the Yolk and Embryos of Common Cuttlefish (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Editorial for the Special Issue "Microplastics in Aquatic Environments: Occurrence, Distribution and Effects".Toxics · 2022Article
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6 authors.
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Abstract
Plastic contamination in the environment is common but the characterisation of plastic ingested by fish in different environments is lacking. Hence, a meta-analysis was conducted to identify the prevalence of plastic ingested by fish globally. Based on a qualitative analysis of plastic size, it was determined that small microplastics (<1 mm) are predominantly ingested by fish globally. Furthermore, our meta-analysis revealed that plastic fibres (70.6%) and fragments (19.3%) were the most prevalent plastic components ingested by fish, while blue (24.2%) and black (18.0%) coloured plastic were the most abundant. Polyethylene (15.7%) and polyester (11.6%) were the most abundant polymers. Mixed-effect models were employed to identify the effects of the moderators (sampling environment, plastic size, digestive organs examined, and sampling continents) on the prevalence of plastic shape, colour, and polymer type. Among the moderators, only the sampling environment and continent contributed to a significant difference between subgroups in plastic shape and polymer type.
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