The Impact of Microplastics on Marine Copepods

P. Raju; Shanmugam Gunabal; P. Santhanam; P. Santhanam

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-7953-5_19

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The Impact of Microplastics on Marine Copepods

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P. Raju, Shanmugam Gunabal, P. Santhanam, P. Santhanam

Summary

Marine copepods, a foundational link in ocean food webs, ingest microplastics alongside natural prey, causing reduced feeding, reproductive impairment, and energy depletion that can cascade up through fish, seabirds, and marine mammals. Because copepods transfer energy from phytoplankton to higher trophic levels, their contamination with microplastics poses systemic risks to entire marine food chains.

Body Systems

Endocrine

Study Type Environmental

Marine atmospheres are exposed to a widespread of anthropogenic pollutants, including radionuclides, nanoparticles, sewage, endocrine disruptors, hydrophobic contaminants and plastic debris. Plastic debris is a wide range contaminant of both freshwater and marine...

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