First evidence of presence of plastic debris in digestive system of Mola mola (L.) from western Mediterranean Sea.

Ingestion of marine debris by ocean sunfishes is not very well documented. As the feeding behaviour of these giants of the seas is very similar to marine turtles, it is expected that the accidental ingestion of plastics could be registered in these species of fish. With this work it is noticed for the first time the presence of a blue plastic fragment, classified by its size as a mesoplastic, in the digestive system of Mola mola (L.) (Molidae) from western Mediterranean Sea.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Publication date

  2022-01-20

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113326PMID 35066414
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Parasites of the Ocean Sunfishes

  2020cited by this paper
• The Diet and Trophic Role of Ocean Sunfishes

  2020cited by this paper
• Plastics occurrence in juveniles of Engraulis encrasicolus and Sardina pilchardus in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea.

  2020cited by this paper
• Bulk tissue and amino acid stable isotope analyses reveal global ontogenetic patterns in ocean sunfish trophic ecology and habitat use

  2020cited by this paper
• Biotoxins, Trace Elements, and Microplastics in the Ocean Sunfishes (Molidae)

  2020cited by this paper
• Microplastics occurrence in the Tyrrhenian waters and in the gastrointestinal tract of two congener species of seabreams.

  2019cited by this paper
• Biomarkers of Exposure to Chemical Contamination in the Commercial Fish Species Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788): A Particular Focus on Plastic Additives

  2019cited by this paper
• Anthropogenic particles ingestion in fish species from two areas of the western Mediterranean Sea.

  2019cited by this paper
• Determining suitable fish to monitor plastic ingestion trends in the Mediterranean Sea.

  2019cited by this paper
• Predicting seasonal occurrence of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in eastern Canadian waters from turtle and ocean sunfish (Mola mola) sighting data and habitat characteristics

  2019cited by this paper
• Hiding in broad daylight: molecular and morphological data reveal a new ocean sunfish species (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) that has eluded recognition

  2018cited by this paper
• An update on the feeding habits of fish in the Mediterranean Sea (2002-2015)

  2017cited by this paper
• Redescription of the bump-head sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839), senior synonym of Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883), with designation of a neotype for Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)

  2017cited by this paper
• First confirmed record of Mola sp. A in the western Mediterranean Sea: morphological, molecular and parasitological findings.

  2017cited by this paper
• Risk analysis reveals global hotspots for marine debris ingestion by sea turtles

  2016cited by this paper
• The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

  2016cited by this paper
• DNA barcoding identifies a cosmopolitan diet in the ocean sunfish

  2016cited by this paper
• New diet data for Mola mola and Masturus lanceolatus (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) off Florida's Atlantic coast with discussion of historical context

  2016cited by this paper
• Seasonal changes in infection with trematode species utilizing jellyfish as hosts: evidence of transmission to definitive host fish via medusivory

  2016cited by this paper
• First evidence of presence of plastic debris in stomach of large pelagic fish in the Mediterranean Sea.

  2015cited by this paper
• Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

  2015cited by this paper
• Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

  2014cited by this paper
• Ontogenetic shift in foraging habit of ocean sunfish Mola mola from dietary and behavioral studies

  2014cited by this paper
• Feeding habits of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L. 1758), in the central Mediterranean Sea (Strait of Messina)

  2013cited by this paper
• Post-mortem investigations on a leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea stranded along the Northern Adriatic coastline.

  2012cited by this paper
• Massive Consumption of Gelatinous Plankton by Mediterranean Apex Predators

  2012cited by this paper
• Stable isotopes challenge the perception of ocean sunfish Mola mola as obligate jellyfish predators.

  2012cited by this paper
• The biology and ecology of the ocean sunfish Mola mola: a review of current knowledge and future research perspectives

  2009cited by this paper
• Phylogenetic relationship of two Mola sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) occurring around the coast of Japan, with notes on their geographical distribution and morphological characteristics

  2009cited by this paper
• Leatherback turtles: the menace of plastic.

  2009cited by this paper
• Feeding habits of the albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga (Perciformes, Scombridae) from central Mediterranean Sea

  2008cited by this paper
• Interactions of pelagic cnidarians and ctenophores with fish: a review

  2001cited by this paper
• L'ingestion des déchets flottants par la tortue luth Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) dans le golfe de Gascogne

  2000cited by this paper
• In toto staining method for cestodes with iron acetocarmine

  1986cited by this paper
• Plastic bags in the intestinal tracts of leatherback marine turtles

  1982cited by this paper
• The Accacoeliidae (Digenea) of fishes from the north-east Atlantic

  1980cited by this paper

• An Inventory of Some Relatively Large Marine Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes Sighted, Caught, By-Caught, or Stranded in the Mediterranean Coast of the Gaza Strip-Palestine

  2023cites this paper