Nanoplastics affect moulting and faecal pellet sinking in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) juveniles.
Antarctic krill
Carbon export
Faecal pellets
Nanoplastics
Polystyrene nanoparticles
Southern Ocean
Journal
Environment international
ISSN: 1873-6750
Titre abrégé: Environ Int
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7807270
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2020
10 2020
Historique:
received:
19
02
2020
revised:
17
07
2020
accepted:
17
07
2020
pubmed:
9
8
2020
medline:
12
1
2021
entrez:
9
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Plastic debris has been identified as a potential threat to Antarctic marine ecosystems, however, the impact of nanoplastics (<1 μm) is currently unexplored. Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a keystone species of Southern Ocean pelagic ecosystems, which plays a central role in the Antarctic food webs and carbon (C) cycle. Krill has been shown to rapidly fragment microplastic beads through the digestive system, releasing nanoplastics with unknown toxicological effects. Here we exposed krill juveniles to carboxylic (COOH, anionic) and amino- (NH
Identifiants
pubmed: 32763632
pii: S0160-4120(20)31954-1
doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105999
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Microplastics
0
Plastics
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
105999Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.