Ingested microplastics (>100μm) are translocated to organs of the tropical fiddler crab Uca rapax

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 491-495

  Brennecke, Dennis ^a,e   Ferreira, Erica C ^b   Costa, Tarso M M ^c   Appel, Daniel ^d   da Gama, Bernardo A P ^b   Lenz, Mark ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d CENTRO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA CELSO SUCKOW DA FONSECA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deposit feeder; Hepatopancreas; Microplastics; Pollution; Polystyrene; Uca rapax

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; PELLETIZING; POLLUTION; POLYSTYRENES; RISK PERCEPTION; SHELLFISH; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TROPICS;

DEPOSIT FEEDER; HEPATOPANCREAS; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE INVERTEBRATES; MICROPLASTICS; POLYSTYRENE PELLETS; UCA RAPAX;

MICROPLASTIC;

PHENANTHRENE; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CRAB; DEPOSIT FEEDER; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GILL; HEPATOPANCREAS; INGESTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UCA; UCA RAPAX; ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRAZIL; NITEROI; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OCYPODIDAE; UCA RAPAX;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GILLS; HEPATOPANCREAS; MALE; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; SHELLFISH; STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84931567051     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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