期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 634, 期 -, 页码 316-320出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.269
关键词
Nanoplastics; Marine carbon cycle; Dissolved organic matter; DOM-POM assembly; Microgel
资金
- National Science Foundation [CBET-0932404]
- Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital [CMRPG3F0601, CMRPD2F001, CMRPG3D0082]
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST 1052112-M-007-010-MY2]
The environmental impact of nanoplastics (NPs) released into natural aquatic surroundings is an increasing concern. NPs are widely generated from our daily waste disposal and eventually reach the ocean, wherein consequent influences on aquatic environments remain unclear. In this regard, there are few studies investigating NP-related ecological impacts. Comprising one of Earth's major carbon pools, marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) serves an essential role in global carbon dynamics. The spontaneous assembly of DOM into particulate organic matter (POM) plays important roles in the marine carbon cycle, and is involved in hemostasis of various ecological communities. Here, we report that 10 ppb NPs (polystyrene/polymethyl methacrylate, 25 nm) appeared in a water column accelerate the kinetic assembly rate of DOM-POM transition. NPs with various characteristics show similar influences on DOM assembly, and seawater samples collected from disparate sites were used to further confirm this unanticipated phenomenon. In this study, we demonstrated that hydrophobic interactions contribute to the facilitation of NP-DOM aggregations. Our results illustrate that NPs alter DOM-POM assembly, which may potentiate unanticipated perturbation to the largest marine carbon pool. Such effects would warrant increased vigilance on current practices of plastic usage and disposal. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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