Investigations of plastic contamination of seawater, marine and coastal sediments in the Russian seas: a review

Bagaev, Andrei; Esiukova, Elena; Litvinyuk, Daria; Chubarenko, Irina; Veerasingam, S.; Venkatachalapathy, R.; Verzhevskaya, L.V.

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-14183-z

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“…Ecosystem monitoring is fundamental to understand the long-term evolution of ecosystems, allowing the detection of changes in biotic and abiotic parameters and intervention to restore ecosystem balance. Some efforts have been done by scientific research groups to monitoring these ecosystems, such as determining and quantification of metals [104][105][106], organic pollutants [107][108][109], and microplastics [110,111]. The ocean acidification impact [112,113], the development of technology [114], or even creation of marine sanctuaries [115] are other contributions to the monitoring programs.…”

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Marine Bivalves’ Ecological Roles and Humans-Environmental Interactions to Achieve Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems

Filipa Mesquita,

José Mendes Gonçalves,

Marta Mendes Gonçalves

2024

Environmental Sciences

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Bivalve species have a key role at the ecosystem level and a very interesting economic value. Globally, bivalve production is higher than 15 million tons. Thus, this work intends to highlight the economic value of these organisms, but mostly highlights the potential of this resource for water management and water quality improvement, and thus to the sustainability of aquatic systems, which gives them a particular interest. These organisms are under anthropogenic pressures becoming crucial to preserve aquatic systems and their communities, namely bivalve communities, and water quality by reducing pollution. UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight the main actions to reduce humans’ footprint and to create globally a model to guarantee human security, to protect the environment and water quality and to combat climate changes. To achieve the UN SDGs, bivalves may have a high importance for sustainability and preservation of freshwater and marine systems (SDG 14), and for water management (SDG 6), due to their ability to improve the water quality by reduction of pollution. This work aims to highlight the main ecological roles of marine bivalves and the human actions that will contribute to achieve sustainable aquatic systems, and so the SDG 6 and SDG 14 by 2030.

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Section: Climatic Changesmentioning

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Marine Bivalves’ Ecological Roles and Humans-Environmental Interactions to Achieve Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems

Filipa Mesquita,

José Mendes Gonçalves,

Marta Mendes Gonçalves

2024

Environmental Sciences

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“…We have recently highlighted the challenges in plastic research, including the standardized sampling and analytical methods (Veerasingam et al, 2020;Bagaev et al, 2021), research gaps in the identification of polymer types of microplastics (Veerasingam et al, 2021) and eco-toxicological effects of microplastics on biota (Anbumani and Kakkar, 2018). Using recent advanced analytical techniques to identify sources, transport pathways, and environmental and ecological impacts of plastic waste will provide a meaningful basis for better monitoring and mitigation purposes.…”

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Editorial: Challenges in characterizing nano- to macro-plastics and adhered substances in the aquatic environment

Veerasingam

Anbumani

Bagaev

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Variability in microplastic color preference and intake among selected marine and freshwater fish and crustaceans

Horie,

Mitsunaga,

Yamaji

et al. 2024

Discov Oceans

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Plastic pollution is considered a pervasive global environmental challenge. Colored microplastics are prevalent in aquatic environments and the gastrointestinal tracts of wild-captured fish and crustaceans. Fish are thought to employ color vision to detect microplastics, prompting our investigation into microplastic ingestion patterns in three marine fish species, Chrysiptera cyanea, Hypoatherina tsurugae, and Plotosus japonicus, and three freshwater fish species, Rhodeus ocellatus, Pseudorasbora parva, and Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. Microplastics in red, blue, yellow, green, and gray were introduced to these species, and their ingestion was observed over a 4 h period under light conditions. Additionally, as crustaceans play an important role in connecting producers (phytoplankton) and consumers (fish) in natural ecosystems, we assessed a freshwater crustacean, Neocaridina denticulata. The crustacean did not ingest microplastics, and only 14% of P. parva individuals ingested microplastics (a proportion lower than that observed in the other fish species). Notably, C. cyanea, P. japonicus, and R. ocellatus exhibited color preferences in microplastic ingestion, with C. cyanea favoring red, P. japonicus preferring blue and gray, and R. ocellatus favoring red and yellow. Conversely, H. tsurugae, P. parva, and M. anguillicaudatus did not exhibit such color preferences. These findings suggest that certain fish use color vision to recognize and selectively ingest microplastics, with color preference being species-specific. Overall, this study provides new insights into microplastic ingestion by fish, potentially informing future toxicological assessments of microplastics in marine and freshwater fish and crustaceans intendan consumption.

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Investigations of plastic contamination of seawater, marine and coastal sediments in the Russian seas: a review

Cited by 14 publications

References 43 publications

Marine Bivalves’ Ecological Roles and Humans-Environmental Interactions to Achieve Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems

Marine Bivalves’ Ecological Roles and Humans-Environmental Interactions to Achieve Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems

Editorial: Challenges in characterizing nano- to macro-plastics and adhered substances in the aquatic environment

Variability in microplastic color preference and intake among selected marine and freshwater fish and crustaceans

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