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Microplastic contamination in wild shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei from the Huizache-Caimanero Coastal lagoon, SE Gulf of California

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We identified and characterized microplastics (MPs) in the gastrointestinal tract (GT), gills (GI), and exoskeleton (EX) of Litopenaeus vannamei in a coastal lagoon from the SE Gulf of California. The most common MPs were fibers and fragments with an average size of 403 ± 296 μm, in which the transparent and blue colors predominated. The abundance (items/g as wet weight (ww)) in the GT, GI, and EX was 114.7 ± 33.2, 13.7 ± 5.3 and 3.0 ± 0.5, respectively. The abundance of MPs per shrimp was 13.3 ± 1.1, while the abundance per individual (ww) was 0.9 ± 0.2 MPs/g. Considering the consumption of shrimp in Mexico, MP abundance, and shrimp consumption (discarding GI and EX), we estimated MP ingestion as 280 items/person/year. The results from this study can be used as background information for future MP biomonitoring in shrimp species of ecological and commercial importance.

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This study was supported by the Project UNAM-DGAPA-PAPIIT IN203922 titled “Metales, metaloides y microplásticos en organismos de importancia ecológica y comercial de la eco-región del Golfo de California” and through a postdoctoral fellowship (GVC) from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología.

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  1. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Mexico City, Mexico

    Gladys Valencia-Castañeda, Karla Ibáñez-Aguirre & Federico Páez-Osuna

  2. Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico

    Uriel Arreguin Rebolledo

  3. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Estación El Carmen, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico

    Mariana V. Capparelli

  4. Miembro de El Colegio de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico

    Federico Páez-Osuna

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Valencia-Castañeda, G., Ibáñez-Aguirre, K., Rebolledo, U.A. et al. Microplastic contamination in wild shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei from the Huizache-Caimanero Coastal lagoon, SE Gulf of California. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 109, 425–430 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03568-6

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