Assessment of microplastic toxicity to embryonic development of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 99-104

  Nobre, C R ^a   Santana, M F M ^b   Maluf, A ^a   Cortez, F S ^a   Cesar, A ^c   Pereira, C D S ^a,c   Turra, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SANTA CECÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Additives; Microplastics; Plastic pellets; Pollutants; Sea urchin; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ASSAYS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLLUTION; SHELLFISH; TOXICITY;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; INTERSTITIAL WATER; MICROPLASTICS; PLASTIC PELLETS; POLLUTANTS; SEA URCHIN;

PELLETIZING;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECHINODERM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC WASTE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LYTECHINUS; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY ASSAY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHINODERM; EMBRYOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS;

ANIMALS; ECHINODERMATA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LYTECHINUS; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84925348561     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.050     Document Type: Article

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