80b9c569-0b64-4fc0-a109-15449780b633 CNR - IRBIM 2025-05-12T14:20:58 ISO 19139 1.0 WGS84 Anthropogenic microparticles in the emerald rockcod Trematomus bernacchii (Nototheniidae) from the Antarctic 2022-10-14 https://antarcticdatacenter.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/80b9c569-0b64-4fc0-a109-15449780b633 Anthropogenic microparticles (AMs) were found for the first time in specimens of Trematomus bernacchii collected in 1998 in the Ross Sea (Antarctica) and stored in the Antarctic Environmental Specimen Bank. Most of the identified AMs were fibers of natural and synthetic origin. The natural AMs were cellulosic, the synthetic ones were polyester, polypropylene, polypropylene/polyester, and cellulose acetate. The presence of dyes in the natural AMs indicates their anthropogenic origin. Five industrial dyes were identified by Raman spectroscopy with Indigo occurring in most of them (55%). Our research not only adds further data to the ongoing knowledge of pollution levels in the Antarctic ecosystem, it provides an interesting snapshot of the past, highlighting that microplastics and anthropogenic fiber pollution had already entered the Antarctic marine food web at the end of the ‘90 s. These findings therefore establish the foundations for understand the changes in marine litter pollution over time. In this paper, the presence and composition of anthropogenic microparticles (hereafter AMs) in the emerald rockcod were investigated, with the aim to evaluate if this kind of pollution already existed many decades ago. monique mancuso CNR - IRBIM monique.mancuso@cnr.it teresa bottari CNR - IRBIM teresa.bottari@cnr.it https://antarcticdatacenter.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/80b9c569-0b64-4fc0-a109-15449780b633/attachments/trematomus%20bernacchii%20foto%20del%209%20nov%202021.jpg https://antarcticdatacenter.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/80b9c569-0b64-4fc0-a109-15449780b633/attachments/pesca%20Trematomus%203.jpg https://antarcticdatacenter.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/80b9c569-0b64-4fc0-a109-15449780b633/attachments/pesca%20Trematomus%202.jpg https://antarcticdatacenter.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/80b9c569-0b64-4fc0-a109-15449780b633/attachments/pesca%20del%20Trematomus.jpg https://antarcticdatacenter.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/80b9c569-0b64-4fc0-a109-15449780b633/attachments/campionamento%20sedimento.jpg https://antarcticdatacenter.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/80b9c569-0b64-4fc0-a109-15449780b633/attachments/campionamento%20acqua%20marina.jpg SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica 2021-01-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.scar_gazetteer_multi Atmospheric conditions GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme ATMOSPHERE GCMD - Science Keywords 2015-01-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gcmd-sciencekeywords geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gcmd-providers SBAM PNRA18_00041 PNRA project 2024-03-18 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.PNRAproject   Creative-Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0         NUMERO_SPEDIZIONE 1 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 164.00 164.002 -74.0005 -74.00 FORMATO_DISTRIBUZIONE_DATI (ASCII, CSV, NetCDF...) 1 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services true presence and composition of anthropogenic microparticles (hereafter AMs) in the emerald rockcod were investigated, with the aim to evaluate if this kind of pollution already existed many decades ago.