Rapid fragmentation of microplastics by the freshwater amphipod Gammarus duebeni (Lillj.)

Mateos-Cárdenas, Alicia; O’Halloran, John; Pelt, Frank N.A.M. van; Jansen, Marcel A. K.

doi:10.1038/s41598-020-69635-2

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“…facial scrubs or exfoliants; primary MP) and particles derived from the fragmentation of larger debris in seawater (secondary MP) (Cole et al 2011). Fragmentation processes can lead to the creation of nano-sized debris, known as nanoplastics (NP <1 mm), as demonstrated under laboratory conditions (Gigault et al 2016;Lambert and Wagner 2016;Dawson et al 2018;Ekvall et al 2019;Mateos-C ardenas et al 2020) and recently underlined by the detection for the first time of plastic particles <1 mm in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre (Ter Halle et al 2017). In addition to the fragmentation processes, recent works detected primary NP in cosmetics (Hernandez, Yousefi, and Tufenkji 2017) or a waste of industrial processes (Stephens et al 2013;Zhang et al 2012), being, therefore, possible direct sources in the environment.…”

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Amino-nanopolystyrene exposures of oyster (Crassostrea gigas) embryos induced no apparent intergenerational effects

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Early life stages (ELS) of numerous marine invertebrates mustcope with man-made contaminants, including plastic debris, during their pelagic phase. Among the diversity of plastic particles, nano-sized debris, known as nanoplastics, can induce effects with severe outcomes in ELS of various biological models, including the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Here, we investigated the effects of a sub-lethal dose (0.1 mg mL À1 ) of 50 nm polystyrene nanobeads (nano-PS) with amine functions on oyster embryos (24 h exposure) and we assessed consequences on larval and adult performances over two generations of oysters. Only a few effects were observed. Lipid analyses revealed that first-generation (G1) embryos exposed to nano-PS displayed a relative increase in cardiolipin content (þ9.7%), suggesting a potential modification of mitochondrial functioning. G1-larvae issued from exposed embryos showed decreases in larval growth (À9%) and lipid storage (À20%). No effect was observed at the G1 adult stage in terms of growth, ecophysiological parameters (clearance and respiration rates, absorption efficiency), or reproductive outputs (gonadic development, gamete quality). Second generation (G2) larvae issued from control G1 displayed a significant growth reduction after G2 embryonic exposure to nano-PS (À24%) compared to control (as observed at the first generation), while no intergenerational effect was detected on G2 larvae issued from G1 exposed embryos. Overall, the present experimental study suggests a low incidence of a short embryonic exposure to nano-PS on oyster phenotypes along the entire life cycle until the next larval generation.

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Amino-nanopolystyrene exposures of oyster (Crassostrea gigas) embryos induced no apparent intergenerational effects

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“…This can be explained by the predominance of MP < 50 μm ingested by Chironomidae (>99%; Figure S4 ) or by particle fragmentation occurring inside the Chironomidae body. 59 Density ( i.e., polymer identity) showed a significant difference between Asellidae and Chironomidae at site S1 ( p < 0.05, Figure 2 ). This significant difference in characteristics of MP ingested by different taxa on the same location demonstrates that uptake is taxon-specific.…”

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Automated μFTIR Imaging Demonstrates Taxon-Specific and Selective Uptake of Microplastic by Freshwater Invertebrates

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Mintenig

Redondo‐Hasselerharm

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Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Microplastic particles can be deposited to sediments and subsequently ingested by benthic organisms. It is unknown to what extent ingestion of microplastic is taxon-specific or whether taxa can be selective toward certain types of microplastics. Here, we used state-of-the-art automated micro-Fourier-transform infrared (μFTIR) imaging and attenuated total reflectance FTIR spectroscopy to determine small-size (20–500 μm) and large-size (500–5000 μm) microplastic particles in sediments and a range of benthic invertebrate species sampled simultaneously from the Dommel River in the Netherlands. Microplastic number concentrations differed across taxa at the same locations, demonstrating taxon-specific uptake, whereas size distributions were the same across sediments and taxa. At the site with the highest concentration, microplastic occupied up to 4.0% of the gut volume of Asellidae. Particle shape distributions were often not statistically different between sediments and taxa, except for Astacidea at one of the locations where the proportion of particles with a length to width ratio >3 ( i.e., fibers) was twice as high in sediments than in Astacidea. Acrylates/polyurethane/varnish was predominately found in sediments, while soft and rubbery polymers ethylene propylene diene monomer and polyethylene-chlorinated were the dominant polymers found in invertebrates. Microplastic polymer composition and thus polymer density differed significantly between invertebrates and their host sediment. Trophic transfer at the base of the food web appears to have a filter function with respect to microplastic particle types and shapes. Together with the very high ingestion rates, this has clear implications for ecological and human health risks, where uptake concerns edible species (e.g., Astacidea).

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“…Thirdly, mysids fragmented microplastics into smaller particles and helped the release of chemicals from plastics. Some crustacean species can fragment plastics into smaller particles, including mysids (A. L. Hasegawa and Nakaoka, 2021;Mateos-Cárdenas et al, 2020). Generally, smaller plastics can release chemicals more easily due to their larger surface-to-volume ratio (Wright and Kelly, 2017).…”

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Trophic transfer of microplastics enhances plastic additive accumulation in fish

Hasegawa

Mizukawa

et al. 2021

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A variety of chemical additives are incorporated into plastics during their production process to give desirable properties. Although studies have suggested that microplastic ingestion can lead to accumulation of these chemicals in marine organisms, none provided the direct evidence in fish species. Here, we demonstrated the tissue accumulation of chemical additives in fish following microplastic ingestion. We exposed fish (Myoxocephalus brandti) to polyethylene microplastics compounded with brominated flame retardants (BFRs; BDE209, DBDPE) and ultraviolet stabilizers (UVs; UV-234, UV-327, BP-12) suspended in the water column, or to mysids (Neomysis spp.) pre-exposed to the same microplastics. Our results showed a maximum of 345-fold higher concentrations of additives in fish exposed to microplastics than the ambient sample. Also, fish fed plastic-exposed mysids accumulated significantly greater concentrations of BFRs in muscle than fish exposed to microplastics suspended in the water column (p < 0.001). This indicates that trophic transfer of microplastics has greater contribution to tissue accumulation of BFRs in fish than the waterborne ingestion. In contrast, no significant difference in the accumulation of UVs was found between the treatments, except for UV-327 in liver. These results suggests that the relative contribution between direct ingestion of microplastics from the water column and indirect ingestion via trophic transfer on tissue accumulation of additives in fish varies among compounds. Compounds with high molecular weight and high hydrophobicity like BDE209 and DBDPE were considered difficult to leach out from plastics, however, our study showed that trophic transfer of microplastics can facilitate the accumulation of such compounds from plastics to fish.

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Rapid fragmentation of microplastics by the freshwater amphipod Gammarus duebeni (Lillj.)

Cited by 126 publications

References 76 publications

Amino-nanopolystyrene exposures of oyster (Crassostrea gigas) embryos induced no apparent intergenerational effects

Amino-nanopolystyrene exposures of oyster (Crassostrea gigas) embryos induced no apparent intergenerational effects

Automated μFTIR Imaging Demonstrates Taxon-Specific and Selective Uptake of Microplastic by Freshwater Invertebrates

Trophic transfer of microplastics enhances plastic additive accumulation in fish

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