| evidence of microplastic ingestion in the shark galeus melastomus rafinesque, 1810 in the continental shelf off the western mediterranean sea. | microplastic (<5 mm) ingestion has been recorded in galeus melastomus, the blackmouth catshark, around the balearic islands. in total 125 individuals were analyzed for microplastic ingestion. results have shown that 16.80% of the specimens had ingested a mean value of 0.34 ± 0.07 microplastics/individual. stomach fullness index ranged from 0.86 to 38.89% and regression analyses showed that fuller stomachs contained more microplastics. a higher quantity of filament type microplastics were identif ... | 2017 | 28117184 |