NDLI: Ingested microplastics (>100 µm) are translocated to organs of the tropical fiddler crab Uca rapax.

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Author	Brennecke, Dennis Ferreira, Erica C. Costa, Tarso M. M. Appel, Daniel da Gama, Bernardo A. P. Lenz, Mark
Spatial Coverage	Brazil
Description	Author Affiliation: Brennecke D ( GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Ecology, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, Kiel 24105, Germany); Ferreira EC ( Programa de Pós-Graduação em Dinâmica dos Oceanos e da Terra, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av Gen. Milton Tavares de Souza s/n, Praia Vermelha CEP 24210-346, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.); Costa TM ( Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET12-RJ)/Coordenação de Biologia, CEP 20271-110 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.); Appel D ( Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology for Natural Scientists, University Medical School Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Brunswiker Str. 10, 24105 Kiel, Germany.); da Gama BA ( Programa de Pós-Graduação em Dinâmica dos Oceanos e da Terra, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av Gen. Milton Tavares de Souza s/n, Praia Vermelha CEP 24210-346, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.); Lenz M ( GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Ecology, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, Kiel 24105, Germany.)
Abstract	Microplastics, which are accumulating in marine sediments, are assumed to pose a risk for deposit feeding invertebrates. We tested whether the fiddler crab Uca rapax ingests and retains microplastics in its body. Furthermore, we investigated whether retention rates depend on (a) the quality of the marine environment in which the plastics were pre-weathered and on (b) their abundance. For this, polystyrene pellets were submersed at a polluted and a pristine site near Niterói, Brazil, for 2 weeks. Then specimens of U. rapax were, in laboratory experiments, exposed to fragments (180-250 µm) derived from these pellets for 2 months. After this period, microplastics were observed in the gills, stomach and hepatopancreas of the animals. However, fragment retention was not influenced by the two factors that we manipulated. The presence of microplastics in different organs of the crab supports the assumption that these particles have the potential to harm marine invertebrates.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	0025326X
Issue Number	1-2
Volume Number	96
e-ISSN	18793363
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Publisher Date	2015-07-15
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discipline Biology Brachyura Metabolism Plastics Shellfish Water Pollutants, Chemical Animals Brazil Environment Geologic Sediments Gills Hepatopancreas Male Polystyrenes Stomach Tissue Distribution Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pollution Aquatic Science Oceanography

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