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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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Investigating microplastic trophic transfer in marine top predators.
TL;DR: The findings suggest trophic transfer represents an indirect, yet potentially major, pathway of microplastic ingestion for any species whose feeding ecology involves the consumption of whole prey, including humans.
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Microplastics in mussels along the coastal waters of China
Jiana Li,Xiaoyun Qu,Lei Su,Weiwei Zhang,Dongqi Yang,Prabhu Kolandhasamy,Daoji Li,Huahong Shi +7 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that mussels could be used as a potential bioindicator of microplastic pollution of the coastal environment and suggested that the numbers ofmicroplastic kept within a relatively narrow range in mussels and were closely related to the contamination of the environments.
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High Quantities of Microplastic in Arctic Deep-Sea Sediments from the HAUSGARTEN Observatory.
Melanie Bergmann,Vanessa Wirzberger,Vanessa Wirzberger,Thomas Krumpen,Claudia Lorenz,Sebastian Primpke,Mine Banu Tekman,Gunnar Gerdts +7 more
TL;DR: The deep sea as a major sink for microplastics and the presence of accumulation areas in this remote part of the world, fed by plastics transported to the North via the Thermohaline Circulation are corroborated.
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Interaction of toxic chemicals with microplastics: A critical review.
TL;DR: The role of marine microplastic as a novel medium for environmental partitioning of chemicals in the ocean, which can cause toxic effects in the ecological environment is systematically demonstrated.
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Turning Microplastics Into Nanoplastics Through Digestive Fragmentation by Antarctic Krill
A. Dawson,So Kawaguchi,Catherine K. King,Kathy A. Townsend,Robert King,Wilhelmina M. Huston,Susan Bengtson Nash +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that Antarctic krill digest micro plastics into nano plastics, thereby generating particles of a size that can cross biological and physical barriers, and suggest that current laboratory-based feeding studies may be oversimplifying interactions between zooplankton and microplastics.
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Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)
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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
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Plastic Resin Pellets as a Transport Medium for Toxic Chemicals in the Marine Environment
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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.