TITLE:
Microplastic in Commercial Fish in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Part 3. The Arabian/Persian Gulf
AUTHORS:
Rana Zeeshan Habib, Thies Thiemann
KEYWORDS:
Review, Commercial Fish, Arabian/Persian Gulf, Microplastic, Environmental Pollution
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Water Resource and Protection,
Vol.14 No.6,
June
27,
2022
ABSTRACT: The manuscript reviews the available literature of 2015-2022 on the microplastic content in commercially important fish species, molluscs and crustaceans in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. The literature on microplastic concentrations on beaches, in subtidal sediment, and in surface water of different regions of the Arabian/Persian Gulf is evaluated, also. Overall, the reported concentration of microplastic in marine organisms in the Gulf has been found to be less than for comparable waters such as the Mediterranean Sea. The highest microplastic concentration within the region of the Gulf has been found on its Northern shore, in Iran, where also most of the microplastic studies within the region stem from.