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Chronic Exposure to Polystyrene Microplastic Fragments Has No Effect on Honey Bee Survival, but Reduces Feeding Rate and Body Weight
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- Al Naggar, Yahya (författare)
- Martin Luther Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Biol, Gen Zool, Hoher Weg 8, D-06120 Halle, Germany.;Tanta Univ, Fac Sci, Zool Dept, Tanta 31527, Egypt.
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- Sayes, Christie M. (författare)
- Baylor Univ, Dept Environm Sci, Waco, TX 76706 USA.
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- Collom, Clancy (författare)
- Baylor Univ, Dept Environm Sci, Waco, TX 76706 USA.
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- Ayorinde, Taiwo (författare)
- Baylor Univ, Dept Environm Sci, Waco, TX 76706 USA.
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- Qi, Suzhen (författare)
- Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Apicultural Res, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China.
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- El-Seedi, Hesham R. (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskap,Menoufia Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Chem, Shibin Al Kawm 32512, Egypt,Pharmacognosy Group
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- Paxton, Robert J. (författare)
- Martin Luther Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Biol, Gen Zool, Hoher Weg 8, D-06120 Halle, Germany.
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- Wang, Kai (författare)
- Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Apicultural Res, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China.
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Martin Luther Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Biol, Gen Zool, Hoher Weg 8, D-06120 Halle, Germany;Tanta Univ, Fac Sci, Zool Dept, Tanta 31527, Egypt. Baylor Univ, Dept Environm Sci, Waco, TX 76706 USA. (creator_code:org_t)
- 2023-01-21
- 2023
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Toxics. - : MDPI. - 2305-6304. ; 11:2
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Abstract
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- Microplastics (MPs), in the form of fragments and fibers, were recently found in honey samples collected in Ecuador as well as in honey bees collected from Denmark and China. However, little is known about how MPs impact bee health. To fill this knowledge gap, we investigated the potential toxicity of irregularly shaped polystyrene (PS)-MP fragments on honey bee health. In the first experiment of its kind with honey bees, we chronically exposed bees with a well-established gut microbiome to small (27 ± 17 µm) or large (93 ± 25 µm) PS-MP fragments at varying concentrations (1, 10, 100 µg mL−1) for 14 days. Bee mortality, food consumption, and body weight were all studied. We found that chronic exposure to PS-MP fragments has no effect on honey bee survival, but reduced the feeding rate and body weight, particularly at 10 µg PS-MP fragments per mL, which may have long-term consequences for honey bee health. The findings of this study could assist in the risk assessment of MPs on pollinator health.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Zoologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Zoology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- plastic pollution
- honey bees
- pollinators
- polystyrene
- chronic exposure
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