期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 216, 期 -, 页码 95-103出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.05.043
关键词
Plastic debris; Marine litter; Polylactic acid; Polyethylene; Ostrea edulis; Mesocosms; Assemblages
资金
- Irish Research Council [GOIPD/2013/306]
Plastic pollution is recognised as an emerging threat to aquatic ecosystems, with microplastics now the most abundant type of marine debris. Health effects caused by microplastics have been demonstrated at the species level, but impacts on ecological communities remain unknown. In this study, impacts of microplastics on the health and biological functioning of European flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) and on the structure of associated macrofaunal assemblages were assessed in an outdoor mesocosm experiment using intact sediment cores. Biodegradable and conventional microplastics were added at low (0.8 mu g L-1) and high (80 mu g L-1) doses in the water column repeatedly for 60 days. Effects on the oysters were minimal, but benthic assemblage structures differed and species richness and the total number of organisms were similar to 1.2 and 1.5 times greater in control mesocosms than in those exposed to high doses of microplastics. Notably, abundances of juvenile Littorina sp. (periwinkles) and Idotea balthica (an isopod) were similar to 2 and 8 times greater in controls than in mesocosms with the high dose of either type of microplastic. In addition, the biomass of Scrobicularia plana (peppery furrow shell clam) was similar to 1.5 times greater in controls than in mesocosms with the high dose of microplastics. This work indicates that repeated exposure to high concentrations of microplastics could alter assemblages in an important marine habitat by reducing the abundance of benthic fauna. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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