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Ecotoxicology of microplastics in Daphnia: A review focusing on microplastic properties and multiscale attributes of Daphnia

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2022 71 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 55 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.

Jiang Yin, Jiang Yin, Jiang Yin, Jiang Yin, Ying Pan, Ying Pan, Ya Li, Ya Li, Ya Li, Yaoyue Long, Yaoyue Long, Dan Liu, Yaoyue Long, Yaoyue Long, Ya Li, Yaoyue Long, Weiyi Xiao, Weiyi Xiao, Yaoyue Long, Ying Pan, Dan Liu, Ya Li, Ya Li, Ya Li, Ying Pan, Ya Li, Weiyi Xiao, Weiyi Xiao, Weiyi Xiao, Weiyi Xiao, Jiang Yin, Jiang Yin, Qindong Tian, Jiang Yin, Qindong Tian, Jiang Yin, Liqiang Chen Ya Li, Liqiang Chen Ya Li, Dan Liu, Dan Liu, Change Liu, Liqiang Chen Change Liu, Ying Pan, Liqiang Chen Ying Pan, Ying Pan, Liqiang Chen Liqiang Chen

Summary

This review synthesizes research on how microplastics affect Daphnia, a key organism in aquatic food webs, across individual, population, and community levels. Researchers found that the toxicity of microplastics to Daphnia depends heavily on the physical and chemical properties of the particles, and that combined exposure with other pollutants can produce more severe effects. The study highlights Daphnia as an important indicator species for understanding how microplastic pollution cascades through aquatic ecosystems.

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The ubiquitous presence of microplastics in aquatic environments is considered a global threat to aquatic organisms. Species of the genus Daphnia provide an important link between aquatic primary producers and consumers of higher trophic levels; furthermore, these organisms exhibit high sensitivity to various environmental pollutants. Hence, the biological effects of microplastics on Daphnia species are well documented. This paper reviews the latest research regarding the ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on Daphnia, including the: 1) responses of individual, population, and community attributes of Daphnia to microplastics; 2) influence of the physical and chemical properties of microplastics; and 3) joint toxicity of microplastics and other pollutants on responses of Daphnia. Our literature review found that the published literature does not provide sufficient evidence to reveal the risks of microplastics at the population and community levels. Furthermore, we emphasized that high-level analysis has more general implications for understanding how individual-level research can reveal the ecological hazards of microplastics on Daphnia. Based on this review, we suggest avenues for future research, including microplastic toxicology studies based on both omics-based and community-level methods, especially the latter.

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