Microplastics Alter the Properties and Sinking Rates of Zooplankton Faecal Pellets

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3239-3246

  Cole, Matthew ^a,b   Lindeque, Penelope K ^b   Fileman, Elaine ^b   Clark, James ^a,b   Lewis, Ceri ^a   Halsband, Claudia ^c   Galloway, Tamara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES;

BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; HELGOLANDICUS; MARINE ORGANISMS; MICROPLASTICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; PLASTIC DEBRIS; VERTICAL FLUXES;

PELLETIZING;

MICROSCOPIC PLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; REDUCTION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SURFACE WAVE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; FECAL PELLET DENSITY; FECAL PELLET SINKING RATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; COPROPHAGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; METABOLISM; PHARMACOKINETICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; CALANUS HELGOLANDICUS; CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; COPEPODA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; COPEPODA; COPROPHAGIA; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84961788975     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05905     Document Type: Article

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