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Título: Microplastics and organic persistent contaminants in odontocete species: evident exposure, but not correlated.
Autores/as: Montoto Martínez, Tania 
De La Fuente Marquez, Jesus 
Puig Lozano, Raquel Patricia 
Marques, Nuno
Arbelo Hernández, Manuel Antonio 
Hernández Brito, José Joaquín 
Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús 
Gelado Caballero, María Dolores 
Clasificación UNESCO: 331210 Plásticos
251005 Zoología marina
Palabras clave: Microplastics
Organic persistent contaminants (OPCs)
Odontocete
Macaronesia
Fecha de publicación: 2023
Editor/a: Servicio de Publicaciones y Difusión Científica de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) 
Proyectos: Fomento de la actividad ecoturística de whale watching como modelo de desarrollo económico sostenible mediante la protección y conservación de las poblaciones de cetáceos y su puesta en valor como patrimonio natural de la Macaronesia 
Conferencia: II International Workshop on Marine Litter (BAMAR 2022) 
Resumen: Plastics materials incorporate a number of chemical compounds added to improve their performance such as plasticizers, antioxidants, flame-retardants, light and heat stabilizers, that, in some cases, make up a large proportion of the plastic product itself (Hahladakis et al., 2018; Rochman, 2015). These additives may interact biochemically and cause toxic effects, and therefore may have an impact on marine organisms and habitats (Hammer et al., 2012). Taking advantage of the opportunity provided by cetacean stranding nets to study the interaction of marine litter with cetaceans, and the previous multidisciplinary experience of the teams involved in this work, this study investigates (1) the level of plastic ingestion in stranded cetaceans (with a especial focus on microplastics, sieving the gastrointestinal contents down to 200 μm) (Montoto-Martínez et al., 2021), (2) the concentrations of organic persistent contaminants (OPCs) in the skeletal muscle of the same cetaceans. All animals (n=12) contained microplastics of diverse sizes, most of them being fibres (98.06%, n=708). The predominant pollutants bisphenols (BPS, BPF and BPA) and DEHP were detected in 94.44% and 88% of the tissue samples, with concentrations ranging 4-984 ng/g and 102-1533 ng/g respectively. Also, except for two individuals, all animals had pesticide levels in their tissues. Findings show evidence of exposure of cetaceans to both plastic fibres and OPCs. Microplastic fibres were present in numbers too low to block or compromise the functioning of the digestive tract. On the other hand, the highest OPCs concentrations were found in three dolphins that exceeded the value of 1 ppm for DDD, a toxic threshold for organohalogenated compounds in marine mammals’ tissues (Letcher et al., 2010). Two of these individuals also exceeded this concentration for DEHP. Finally, no correlation was observed between the presence of microplastics and OPCs levels.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/118928
ISBN: 978-84-9042-480-3
Fuente: Libro de Abstracs del II International Workshop on Marine Litter (BAMAR 2022) / María Esther Torres Padrón (ed.), p. 114-115
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