2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.084
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Quantification of microplastics along the Caribbean Coastline of Colombia: Pollution profile and biological effects on Caenorhabditis elegans

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“…These findings are consistent with similar studies conducted on sandy beaches in the region, where PE, PP, and PS are the most reported chemical classes. 43,45,48,49 When comparing the number of plastic particles found in Pacific beaches with the GAL beach on the Caribbean coast, plastic particle numbers were lower. However, there is a greater variability in the shape of the plastic particles found in the Pacific beaches.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…These findings are consistent with similar studies conducted on sandy beaches in the region, where PE, PP, and PS are the most reported chemical classes. 43,45,48,49 When comparing the number of plastic particles found in Pacific beaches with the GAL beach on the Caribbean coast, plastic particle numbers were lower. However, there is a greater variability in the shape of the plastic particles found in the Pacific beaches.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These findings are consistent with similar studies conducted on sandy beaches in the region, where PE, PP, and PS are the most reported chemical classes. 43,45,48,49…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Notably, most of these studies except only four papers 29,[62][63][64] have adopted spherical PS particles as target material, and only two papers are utilizing field-collected or secondary-treated particles instead of purchased beads or pellets. 62,64 Although C. elegans has been suggested as a standard soil test species, 61,65 there is only one study conducting tests in soil media, 28 and 25 studies were performed using liquid media such as K-medium and M9 buffer solution (Table S2). On the other hand, six papers report size-dependent inhibitory effects of microplastic on C. elegans, [27][28][29][30]66,67 showing a tendency toward toxic effects that can be increased by smaller sizes in ranges of 0.05 to 0.2 μm, 27 0.1 to 6.0 μm, 67 and 0.1 to 5.0 μm.…”
Section: Effects Of Microplastics On Nematodes In Soilmentioning
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“…Microplastics have been detected in the Caribbean and the sponges there are likely exposed to these contaminants. Bosker, Guaita & Behrens (2018) found an average of 261 MP kg –1 of sediment on four Lesser Antilles beaches while Acosta-Coley et al (2019) found over 100 particles m –2 on some Colombian beaches. Garcés-Ordóñez et al (2019) found up to 2,863 MP kg –1 of dry soil in polluted mangrove forests in Colombia while Rose & Webber (2019) found up to 0.00573 MP L –1 in surface seawater in the heavily polluted Kingston Harbor of Jamaica.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%