Uptake and effects of microplastics on cells and tissue of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis L. after an experimental exposure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 11327-11335

  Von Moos, Nadia ^a,c   Burkhardt Holm, Patricia ^b   Köhler, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE MUSSEL MYTILUS EDULIS; CELLULAR LEVELS; CYTOCHEMICAL; DIGESTIVE GLANDS; EARLY WARNING; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES; INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANES; MICROPLASTICS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SUB-CELLULAR; TOXIC EFFECT;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; SHELLFISH;

TISSUE;

POLYETHYLENE;

BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXOCRINE GLAND; GILL; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GILLS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 84870044869     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302332w     Document Type: Article

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