Interactions between polystyrene microplastics and marine phytoplankton lead to species-specific hetero-aggregation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 228, Issue , 2017, Pages 454-463

  Long, Marc ^a,b   Paul Pont, Ika ^a   Hégaret, Hélène ^a   Moriceau, Brivaela ^a   Lambert, Christophe ^a   Huvet, Arnaud ^a   Soudant, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Marine; Microalgae; Microplastic; Phytoplankton; Polystyrene

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BOTTLES; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; MICROPLASTIC; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES;

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; HETERO-AGGREGATES; MARINE; MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAL CULTURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSTYRENE; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGGREGATE; CELL ORGANELLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHAETOCEROS NEOGRACILE; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIATOM; HAPTOPHYTA; HETEROCAPSA; HETEROCAPSA TRIQUETRA; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; TISOCHRYSIS LUTEA; ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS NEOGRACILE; DINOPHYCEAE; HETEROCAPSA TRIQUETRA;

DIATOMS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROALGAE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85019742525     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.05.047     Document Type: Article

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