Microplastics are taken up by mussels (Mytilus edulis) and lugworms (Arenicola marina) living in natural habitats

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 199, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-17

  Van Cauwenberghe, Lisbeth ^a   Claessens, Michiel ^a,b   Vandegehuchte, Michiel B ^a,c   Janssen, Colin R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Europ Cncl DuPont/Protein T   (Belgium)

^c Agentschap Natuur en Bos   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Keywords Microplastics Mytilusedulis Arenicola marina Selective uptake Tissue concentrations Field conditions

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; FEEDING; MARINAS; METABOLISM; MOLLUSCS; POLYSTYRENES; SEAWATER EFFECTS;

BLUE MUSSEL MYTILUS EDULIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING STRATEGIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; POLYSTYRENE MICRO-SPHERE; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS;

MICROPLASTIC;

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; MICROPLASTIC; MICROSPHERE; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEIN; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANNELID; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIVALVE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INGESTION RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; METABOLISM; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARENICOLA MARINA; ARTICLE; CELL ENERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; MYTILUS EDULIS; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; POLYCHAETA; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANT;

BELGIUM; FRANCE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA COAST [BELGIUM]; NORTH SEA COAST [FRANCE]; NORTH SEA COAST [NETHERLANDS];

ARENICOLA MARINA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MYTILUS EDULIS; PLASTICS; POLYCHAETA; POLYSTYRENES; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922702994     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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