Microplastic in marine organism: Environmental and toxicological effects.

By Eleonora Guzzetti, A. Sureda, S. Tejada, C. Faggio. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2018

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Microplastics are tiny ubiquitous plastic particles present in marine environments. They are not an individual entity, but constitute a cocktail of polymers and additives that can absorb substances from the surrounding environment, including living substances, nutrients and marine pollutants. Given their small size (< 5 μm), microplastics can be ingested by a wide range of marine organisms with the potential to cause harms. Microplastics are a growing threat for marine biota and ecosystem. For organisms, the risks associated with microplastic ingestion are not only due to the material itself, but also to its ability to absorb and concentrate environmental contaminants in seawater and subsequently transfer them through food chains. Moreover, microplastics could influence ecological processes. Recently, plastic debris are recognized as emerging pollutants and represent a great risk for marine biodiversity worldwide. Here, we summarize the main effects of plastics and microplastics on some marine organisms and ecosystem.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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Citations in the corpus

• Interactions between microplastics and soil fauna: A critical review (2021, background): “Over the last decade, early studies on MPs mainly focused on marine and freshwater ecosystems, confirming that MPs cause direct and indirect adverse effects on aquatic biota (Galloway et al., 2017; Guzzetti et al., 2018; Wagner et al., 2014).”
• Microplastics in freshwater fishes: Occurrence, impacts and future perspectives (2021, background): “Complementary studies have focused on developing understandings of how MP exposure affects animal physiology, population dynamics, ecology and behaviour (Anbumani & Kakkar, 2018; Franzellitti et al., 2019; Guzzetti et al., 2018; Prokić et al., 2019).”