Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web.
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...If ingested by lower tropic level organisms, this may 590 support further transfer and accumulation along food chains (Cole et al., 2013; Farrell and Nelson, 591 2013; Setälä et al., 2014)....
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...reported for the copepod Eurytemora affinis [147]....
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...Marine debris is a growing global problem posing a threat to a variety of marine organisms through the ingestion of particles and entanglement (Andrady, 2011; Laist, 1987)....
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...Studies carried out during the last decade have, however, pointed out the commonness of plastic microparticles, the so-called microplastics in the marine environment (Magnusson and Noren, 2011; Moore et al., 2001, 2002; Thomson et al., 2004)....
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...Similarly, laboratory experiments have shown that nano-sized plastic particles may be ingested by benthic invertebrates, such as lugworms, barnacles, amphipods andmussels (Browne et al., 2008; Thomson et al., 2004)....
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...The majority of the studies and reports on marine debris have focused on relatively large debris which is hazardous to marine mammals, birds or fish (Derraik, 2002)....
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