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| Aminot, Yann; Lanctôt, Chantal; Bednarz, Vanessa; Robson, William J.; Taylor, Angus; Ferrier-pagès, Christine; Metian, Marc; Tolosa, Imma. |
| Marine plastic debris can act as a reservoir of chemical additives that can pose a potential threat to sensitive ecosystems such as coral reefs. A survey of foam macrodebris collected on beaches indeed revealed high concentrations of hexabromocyclododecanes (ΣHBCDD) in polystyrene (PS) samples (up to 1940 μg g−1). Results also showed that PS fragments can still leach over 150 ng g−1 d−1 of ΣHBCDD (primarily as the α-isomer) for relatively long durations, and that these additives are readily bioaccumulated and well-retained by corals. Despite significant HBCDD bioaccumulation in coral tissue, short-term exposure to HBCDD or PS leachate had no considerable effect on coral photosynthetic activity, symbiont concentration and chlorophyll content. Exposure to... |
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Palavras-chave: Marine plastic; Polystyrene foam; Leachates; Hexabromocyclododecanes; Corals; Bioconcentration. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00606/71800/70335.pdf |
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| Cormier, Bettie; Gambardella, Chiara; Tato, Tania; Perdriat, Quentin; Costa, Elisa; Veclin, Cloé; Le Bihanic, Florane; Grassl, Bruno; Dubocq, Florian; Kärrman, Anna; Van Arkel, Kim; Lemoine, Soazig; Lagarde, Fabienne; Morin, Benedicte; Garaventa, Francesca; Faimali, Marco; Cousin, Xavier; Bégout, Marie-laure; Beiras, Ricardo; Cachot, Jerome. |
| Microplastics are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems, but little information is currently available on the dangers and risks to living organisms. In order to assess the ecotoxicity of environmental microplastics (MPs), samples were collected from the beaches of two islands in the Guadeloupe archipelago, Petit-Bourg (PB) located on the main island of Guadeloupe and Marie-Galante (MG) on the second island of the archipelago. These samples have a similar polymer composition with mainly polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). However, these two samples are very dissimilar with regard to their contamination profile and their toxicity. MPs from MG contain more lead, cadmium and organochlorine compounds while those from PB have higher levels of copper, zinc and... |
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Palavras-chave: Environmental microplastics; Leachates; Early life stages; Aquatic organisms; Toxicity. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00661/77276/78711.pdf |
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