Infographic paper: Trophic transfer and egestion dynamics of microplastics in the Brachionus–Asplanchna rotifer system

Summary

Scientists studied how microplastics move through a tiny food chain — from one small water organism (rotifers) to the predator that eats them (another type of rotifer) — and how quickly these plastics get passed out of their bodies. This matters because it helps us understand how microplastics can travel up the food chain in nature, which is a key step in figuring out whether — and how much — plastic pollution might eventually make its way into the fish and seafood people eat. Note: this particular entry is an infographic (a visual summary), not a full research paper with detailed methods and data, so exact findings on transfer rates and egestion speed aren't described in text here.