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Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.).
Paul Farrell,Kathryn Nelson +1 more
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This study is the first to show 'natural' trophic transfer of microplastic, and its translocation to haemolymph and tissues of a crab, and has implications for the health of marine organisms, the wider food web and humans.About:
This article is published in Environmental Pollution.The article was published on 2013-06-01. It has received 1090 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mytilus & Carcinus maenas.read more
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Characteristics of Microplastic in Commercial Aquatic Organisms
Risky Ayu Kristanti,Wei Lin Wong,Yeti Darmayati,Ariani Hatmanti,N.F. Wulandari,Mada Triandala Sibero,Nur Fitriah Afianti,Erika Hernandes,Flavio Lopez-Martinez +8 more
TL;DR: In this article , the occurrence of microplastics in commercial aquatic organisms was reviewed and it was shown that higher food concentration and aggregation enhance microplastic retention in zooplankton guts, increasing transmission to higher-trophic-level species.
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Analytical Solutions of Microplastic Particles Dispersion Using a Lotka–Volterra Predator–Prey Model with Time-Varying Intraspecies Coefficients
TL;DR: Huang et al. as mentioned in this paper used the Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model with time-varying intraspecific coefficients, allowing them to interpret ecological quantities referring to microplastic dispersion.
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Micro- and nanoplastic in the aquatic environment: from rivers to whales
TL;DR: In this paper, a provisional quantitative analysis of the ecological risk of micro-and nanoplastic in the aquatic environment is presented, which combines particle characteristics and processes in depth from the riverine towards the marine environment and combines these with other fate and effect studies from the literature.
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Microplastics in copepods reflects the manmade flow restrictions in the Kochi backwaters, along the southwest coast of India.
C.P. Rashid,R. Jyothibabu,N. Arunpandi,S. Santhikrishnan,V. G. Vidhya,S. Sarath,M. Arundhathy,Kumar Alok +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper , a baseline study on microplastics (MPs) in calanoid copepods in the Kochi backwaters (KBW), India's largest estuary system on the west coast, focuses on the spatiotemporal variations of MPs with the seasonal hydrography setting, and how man-made flow restrictions of a large saltwater barrage contribute to MPs in copepod and their potential to transfer to higher trophic levels.
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Lost at sea: where is all the plastic?
Richard C. Thompson,Ylva S. Olsen,Richard P. Mitchell,Anthony Davis,Steven J. Rowland,Anthony W. G. John,Daniel F. McGonigle,Andrea E. Russell +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that microscopic plastic fragments and fibers are also widespread in the marine environment and may persist for centuries.
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Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife
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TL;DR: Model calculations and experimental observations consistently show that polyethylene accumulates more organic contaminants than other plastics such as polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride, and PCBs could transfer from contaminated plastics to streaked shearwater chicks.
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Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)
Mark Anthony Browne,Awantha Dissanayake,Tamara S. Galloway,David M. Lowe,Richard C. Thompson +4 more
TL;DR: The data indicate as plastic fragments into smaller particles, the potential for accumulation in the tissues of an organism increases and further work using a wider range of organisms, polymers, and periods of exposure will be required to establish the biological consequences of this debris.
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Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat
TL;DR: Marine plastic debris is divided into two categories: macro, >5 mm and micro, <5 mm, which provide potential danger to marine ecosystems from the accumulation of plastic debris on the sea floor and the potential bioavailability of compounds added to plastics at the time of manufacture, as well as those adsorbed from the environment.
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Plastic Resin Pellets as a Transport Medium for Toxic Chemicals in the Marine Environment
Yukie Mato,Tomohiko Isobe,Hideshige Takada,Haruyuki Kanehiro,Chiyoko Ohtake,Tsuguchika Kaminuma +5 more
TL;DR: Field adsorption experiments using PP virgin pellets demonstrated significant and steady increase in PCBs and DDE concentrations throughout the six-day experiment, indicating that the source of PCBs, DDE, and nonylphenols is ambient seawater and that adsor adaptation to pellet surfaces is the mechanism of enrichment.