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Ingestion of polyethylene microspheres occur only in presence of prey in the jellyfish Aurelia aurita
Marine Pollution Bulletin2022
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Javier Tarí,
Alicia Herrera,
Javier Tarí,
Alicia Herrera,
Vanesa Romero-Kutzner,
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Javier Tarí,
Javier Tarí,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Daniel R. Bondyale-Juez,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Vanesa Romero-Kutzner,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Daniel R. Bondyale-Juez,
Ico Martínez
Daniel R. Bondyale-Juez,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Summary
Researchers found that jellyfish only ingest polyethylene microspheres when prey is also present, suggesting that accidental microplastic ingestion by jellyfish depends on context rather than being constant. This finding has implications for understanding microplastic uptake pathways in marine food webs.
Microplastic ingestion was studied in A. aurita, a bloom-forming, circumglobal medusa. Here, we determined whether factors such as the concentration of polyethylene microspheres (75–90 μm) or the absence/presence of prey affect the ingestion, duration of microspheres in the gastrovascular cavity (time of presence), and retention time. The presence of polyethylene microspheres' was determined by exposing medusae during 480 min to three different treatments (5000, 10,000, 20,000 particles L−1), and was checked every 10 min to ascertain whether they had incorporated any. Preliminary results show that microsphere ingestion occurred only in the presence of prey (⁓294 Artemia nauplii L−1). The time of presence of microbeads in A. aurita increased (103, 177, and 227 min), with increasing microplastic concentration, and the microbeads were egested within 150 min. This study initiates the understanding of the potential implications that arise of the encounter between jellyfish and microplastic agglomerates, and with perspectives for future research.