title: Wild gudgeons (Gobio gobio) from French rivers are contaminated by microplastics: preliminary study and first evidence.
abstract: Marine ecosystem contamination by microplastics is extensively documented. However few data is available on the contamination of continental water bodies and associated fauna. The aim of this study was to address the occurrence of microplastics in digestive tract of gudgeons (Gobio gobio) from French rivers. These investigations confirm that continental fish ingested microplastics while 12% of collected fish are contaminated by these small particles. Further works are needed to evaluate the occurence of this contamination.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), Unité d'Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France. Electronic address: Wilfried.Sanchez@ineris.fr.
authors.forename: Wilfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.affiliation: Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), Unité d'Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
authors.forename: Coline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bender
authors.affiliation: Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), Unité d'Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Porcher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003530:Cyprinidae; D005602:France; D010969:Plastics / Q000633:toxicity; D045483:Rivers; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D014873:Water Pollutants
keywords: Fish; Gobio gobio; Gudgeon; Microplastics; Rivers