When Microplastic Is Not Plastic: The Ingestion of Artificial Cellulose Fibers by Macrofauna Living in Seagrass Macrophytodetritus

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 11158-11166

  Remy, François ^a   Collard, France ^a,b   Gilbert, Bernard ^c   Compère, Philippe ^b   Eppe, Gauthier ^c   Lepoint, Gilles ^a  

^a Laboratory of Oceanology   (Belgium)

^b AFFISH RC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CELLULOSE FIBER; DIGESTIVE TRACT; DOMINANT SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL ZONE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SPECIES SPECIFICS;

ANIMALS;

CELLULOSE; CONGO RED; DIRECT BLUE 22; DYE; MICROPLASTIC; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; PLASTIC;

CARCINOGEN; CELLULOSE; COASTAL ZONE; DETRITIVORY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FISH; INGESTION RATE; INVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; PLASTIC; POLYMER; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; INGESTION; MACROFAUNA; MACROPHYTODETRITUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT TAXONOMY; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SEAGRASS; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; AIR POLLUTANT; ALISMATALES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FRANCE; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; STOMACH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CALVI BAY; CORSE; FRANCE; HAUTE CORSE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; VERTEBRATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALISMATIDAE; ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; FRANCE; INVERTEBRATES; PLASTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; STOMACH;

EID: 84941729895     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02005     Document Type: Article

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