Effect of plastic microbeads on the development of roho (Labeo rohita)

Sajjad Hussain; Nuzhat Sial; Zarqa Nawaz; Muhammad Naeem; Muhammad Asad; Rana Zeeshan Habib; Thies Thiemann

doi:10.1016/j.ejar.2024.07.001

Effect of plastic microbeads on the development of roho (Labeo rohita)

Sajjad Hussain, Nuzhat Sial, Zarqa Nawaz, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Asad, Rana Zeeshan Habib, Thies Thiemann

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Abstract

Microplastics are an emerging pollutant of marine environments, affecting fish and other marine biota such as copepods and rotifers. The current study assesses the impact of plastic microbeads on the growth of roho (Labeo rohita) in a 4-month feeding experiment under laboratory conditions. Over a period of 120 days, roho fingerlings were exposed to different concentrations of plastic microbeads (50 mg to 200 mg/kg of feed) mixed into their feed. It was found that the ingestion of plastic microbeads negatively affected the growth of roho and that the concentration of the plastic microbeads directly influenced the growth rate of the fish.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-188
Number of pages	6
Journal	Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research
Volume	50
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejar.2024.07.001
Publication status	Published - Jun 2024

Keywords

Aquaculture
Carp
Commercial fish
Environmental pollutants
Fingerlings
Fish development
Plastic contamination
Plastic microbeads

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aquatic Science
Water Science and Technology

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Effect of plastic microbeads on the development of roho (Labeo rohita)

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