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Towards the understanding of the uptake and depuration of microplastics in the ragworm Hediste diversicolor: Field and laboratory study
Marine Environmental Research2024
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Messika Revel,
Isabelle Métais,
Messika Revel,
Messika Revel,
Messika Revel,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Isabelle Métais,
Messika Revel,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Messika Revel,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Maria El Rakwe,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Messika Revel,
Maria El Rakwe,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Maria El Rakwe
Isabelle Métais,
Messika Revel,
Messika Revel,
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe
Messika Revel,
Messika Revel,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Messika Revel,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Amélie Châtel,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Carla Freund,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Maria El Rakwe,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Maria El Rakwe,
Amélie Châtel,
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe
Amélie Châtel,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Messika Revel,
Messika Revel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Maria El Rakwe,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Catherine Dréanno,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Catherine Dréanno,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Timothy Caley,
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Timothy Caley,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Catherine Dréanno,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Amélie Châtel,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Mélanie Bruneau,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Maria El Rakwe,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe
Mélanie Bruneau,
Mélanie Bruneau,
Mélanie Bruneau,
Mélanie Bruneau,
Maria El Rakwe,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mélanie Bruneau,
Isabelle Métais,
Mélanie Bruneau,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Mélanie Bruneau,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Messika Revel,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Catherine Dréanno,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Isabelle Métais,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Catherine Dréanno,
Maria El Rakwe,
Mélanie Bruneau,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Messika Revel,
Amélie Châtel,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Mohammed Mouloud,
Isabelle Métais,
Isabelle Métais,
Mélanie Bruneau,
Messika Revel,
Maria El Rakwe
Mohammed Mouloud,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Amélie Châtel,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe
Nadiia Yakovenko,
Maria El Rakwe
Catherine Dréanno,
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Hanane Perrein-Ettajani,
R. le Roux,
Catherine Dréanno,
R. le Roux,
Catherine Dréanno,
Catherine Dréanno,
Catherine Dréanno,
Catherine Dréanno,
Catherine Dréanno,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Timothy Caley,
Amélie Châtel,
Timothy Caley,
Amélie Châtel,
William Alogbleto,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
William Alogbleto,
Amélie Châtel,
Valentin Verrier,
Valentin Verrier,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Catherine Dréanno,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Amélie Châtel,
Catherine Dréanno,
Amélie Châtel,
Maria El Rakwe
Amélie Châtel,
Maria El Rakwe,
Catherine Dréanno,
Amélie Châtel,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe
Summary
Researchers studied microplastic ingestion by ragworms in the Seine estuary in France, finding plastic particles in both their gut contents and body tissues across multiple seasons. A companion lab experiment helped clarify how these worms take up and clear microplastics from their bodies. The findings confirm that estuarine organisms are regularly exposed to microplastic contamination, though the levels detected were relatively low.
An important number of studies have evaluated the presence of microplastics, particles with a size below 5 mm, in aquatic organisms. Studies have shown that these fragments are widely present in the marine environment, but research on the estuarine ecosystem is still scarce. In this study, two different approaches were used to evaluate the presence and ingestion of plastic particles in the ragworm Hediste diversicolor: a field study for the environmental assessment and a laboratory experiment in controlled condition. For the environmental evaluation, ingestion of microplastics was evaluated in the ragworm H. diversicolor sampled from the mudflats of the Seine estuary (France) during March and June 2017 and 2018, on two locations: S1 and S2, both characterized by high anthropogenic pressures, and for S2 a more influential hydrodynamic component. Ingestion of microplastics was measured in ragworms tissues and in gut content (sediment) after depuration. The number of particles as well as their size, shape and color were reported and compared between sampling period and locations. Results showed the presence of a low number of particles in both worms and gut content. In gut content, 45.6% and 87.58% of samples from site S1 and S2 respectively contained plastic like particles. In worms, 41.7% (S1) and 75.8% (S2) of analysed samples contained plastic like items. The lowest mean number of particles was 0.21 ± 0.31 (S1 in June 2017) in worms' tissues, but 0.80 ± 0.90 (S1 in June 2017) in the gut content and the highest was 1.47 ± 1.41 (S2 in April 2017) while the highest number was 2.55 ± 2.06 (S2 in June 2017) in worms and gut content respectively. The majority of suspected microplastics observed were fibers (66%) and fragments (27%), but films (3.7%) foam (2.1%), and granules (0.2%) were also identified. In addition, the most polymer type observed by Raman spectroscopy was polypropylene. Furthermore, a preliminary study of the ingestion and egestion of fluorescent polyethylene (PE) microbeads in the digestive tract of ragworms was conducted after exposure through water, during 1h at 1.2 × 10 MP/mL. Results showed a rapid turnover of PE microbeads throughout the digestive tract of worms especially after exposure through water. This study revealed that microplastics are ingested by the ragworm H. diversicolor but do not seem to bioaccumulate. More research is needed to measure potential chronic effects of microplastics on physiological parameters of H. diversicolor and potential trophic transfer of microplastics.