Short-term exposure with high concentrations of pristine microplastic particles leads to immobilisation of Daphnia magna

Chemosphere

Volumn 153, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-99

  Rehse, Saskia ^a,b   Kloas, Werner ^a,c   Zarfl, Christiane ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute effects; Freshwater; Microplastics; Polyethylene; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BIOLOGY; MICROPLASTIC; POLLUTION; POLYETHYLENES; WATER;

ACUTE EFFECTS; FRESHWATER; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES; MICROPLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE PARTICLES; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; ZOOPLANKTON;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

MICROPLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLASTIC; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DRY POWDER; EC50; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; FRESHWATER SPECIES; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; TURBIDITY; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECTS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84962579347     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.02.133     Document Type: Article

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