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Industrial compost as an important source of microplastics

Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) 2018
Tamara Gajšt, Martin G. J. Löder, Christian Laforche, Andrej Kržan

Summary

Researchers assessed the toxicity of polyethylene microspheres to the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus and the cladoceran Daphnia magna under controlled laboratory conditions. Both species showed dose-dependent reductions in reproduction and survival, with Daphnia demonstrating greater sensitivity to physical effects of particle ingestion.

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