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The effects of nanoplastics on marine plankton: A case study with polymethylmethacrylate
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety2019
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Cátia Venâncio,
Cátia Venâncio,
Inês João Ferreira,
Cátia Venâncio,
Miguel Oliveira,
Cátia Venâncio,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Cátia Venâncio,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Cátia Venâncio,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Cátia Venâncio,
Cátia Venâncio,
Cátia Venâncio,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Cátia Venâncio,
Cátia Venâncio,
Isabel Lopes,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Cátia Venâncio,
Cátia Venâncio,
Miguel Oliveira,
Inês João Ferreira,
Inês João Ferreira,
Manuel A. Martins,
Cátia Venâncio,
Cátia Venâncio,
Miguel Oliveira,
Isabel Lopes,
Isabel Lopes,
Miguel Oliveira,
Isabel Lopes,
Miguel Oliveira,
Isabel Lopes,
Inês João Ferreira,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Isabel Lopes,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Manuel A. Martins,
Manuel A. Martins,
Manuel A. Martins,
Manuel A. Martins,
Isabel Lopes,
Isabel Lopes,
Manuel A. Martins,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Manuel A. Martins,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Isabel Lopes,
Isabel Lopes,
Isabel Lopes,
Isabel Lopes,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Manuel A. Martins,
Manuel A. Martins,
Manuel A. Martins,
Manuel A. Martins,
Manuel A. Martins,
Manuel A. Martins,
Cátia Venâncio,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Manuel A. Martins,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Cátia Venâncio,
Manuel A. Martins,
Cátia Venâncio,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Miguel Oliveira,
Isabel Lopes,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Isabel Lopes,
Manuel A. Martins,
Isabel Lopes,
Isabel Lopes,
Miguel Oliveira,
Cátia Venâncio,
Miguel Oliveira,
Manuel A. Martins,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Manuel A. Martins,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Isabel Lopes,
Miguel Oliveira,
Isabel Lopes,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Miguel Oliveira,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Manuel A. Martins,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Miguel Oliveira,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Miguel Oliveira,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Miguel Oliveira,
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Summary
Researchers tested polymethylmethacrylate nanoplastics against four marine microalgae species and a marine rotifer, finding median effect concentrations between 84 and 133 mg/L for algae and a 48-hour lethal concentration of 13.3 mg/L for rotifers, with species sensitivity distribution analysis suggesting PMMA nanoplastics are less harmful to marine biota than polystyrene.
Marine biota is currently exposed to plastic pollution. The biological effects of plastics may vary according to polymer types (e.g. polystyrene, polyethylene, acrylate), size of particles (macro, micro or nanoparticles) and their shape. There is a considerable lack of knowledge in terms of effects of nanoplastics (NP) to marine biota particularly of polymers like polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). Thus, this study aimed to assess its ecotoxicological effects using a battery of standard monospecific bioassays with four marine microalgae (Tetraselmis chuii, Nannochloropsis gaditana, Isochrysis galbana and Thalassiosira weissflogii) and a marine rotifer species (Brachionus plicatilis). The tested PMMA-NP concentrations allowed the estimation of median effect concentrations for all microalgae species. T. weissflogii and T. chuii were respectively the most sensitive (EC of 83.75 mg/L) and least sensitive species (EC of 132.52 mg/L). The PMMA-NP were also able to induce mortality in rotifers at concentrations higher than 4.69 mg/L with an estimated 48 h median lethal concentration of 13.27 mg/L. A species sensitivity distribution curve (SSD), constructed based on data available in the literature and the data obtained in this study, reveal that PMMA-NP appears as less harmful to marine biota than other polymers like polystyrene.