The impact of polystyrene microplastics on feeding, function and fecundity in the marine copepod Calanus helgolandicus

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1130-1137

  Cole, Matthew ^a,b   Lindeque, Pennie ^a   Fileman, Elaine ^a   Halsband, Claudia ^c   Galloway, Tamara S ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES;

CARBON BIOMASS; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MARINE ORGANISMS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT;

FEEDING;

CARBON; MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPID; OXYGEN; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLYMER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BREATHING; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG SIZE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HATCHING; INGESTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; ZOOPLANKTON; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; COPEPODA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMASS; CARBON; COPEPODA; FERTILITY; LIPIDS; OXYGEN; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84921805261     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504525u     Document Type: Article

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