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  • Ebbesen, Linea GryDepartment of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU AQUA) Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (author)

Do weathered microplastics impact the planktonic community? : A mesocosm approach in the Baltic Sea

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  • Elsevier,2024
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  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-224349URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121500DOI

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  • Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous pollutants of increasing concern in aquatic systems. However, little is still known about the impacts of weathered MPs on plankton at the community level after long-term exposure. In this study, we investigated the effects of weathered MPs on the structure and dynamics of a Baltic Sea planktonic community during ca. 5 weeks of exposure using a mesocosm approach (2 m3) mimicking natural conditions. MPs were obtained from micronized commercial materials of polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polystyrene, and polyamide (nylon) previously weathered by thermal ageing and sunlight exposure. The planktonic community was exposed to 2 ÎŒg L-1 and 2 mg L-1 of MPs corresponding to measured particle concentrations (10–120 ÎŒm) of 680 MPs L-1 and 680 MPs mL-1, respectively. The abundance and composition of all size classes and groups of plankton and chlorophyll concentrations were periodically analyzed throughout the experiment. The population dynamics of the studied groups showed some variations between treatments, with negative and positive effects of MPs exhibited depending on the group and exposure time. The abundance of heterotrophic bacteria, pico- and nanophytoplankton, cryptophytes, and ciliates was lower in the treatment with the higher MP concentration than in the control at the last weeks of the exposure. The chlorophyll concentration and the abundances of heterotrophic nanoflagellates, Astromoeba, dinoflagellate, diatom, and metazooplankton were not negatively affected by the exposure to MPs and, in some cases, some groups showed even higher abundances in the MP treatments. Despite these tendencies, statistical analyses indicate that in most cases there were no statistically significant differences between treatments over the exposure period, even at very high exposure concentrations. Our results show that weathered MPs of the studied conventional plastic materials have minimal or negligible impact on planktonic communities after long-term exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations.

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  • Varlund Strange, MarkusDepartment of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU AQUA) Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (author)
  • Gunaalan, KuddithambyNational Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU AQUA) Technical University of Denmark, Denmark,UMFpub; mesokosm (author)
  • Lund Paulsen, MariaDepartment of Biology, Aquatic Biology, Aarhus University, Denmark (author)
  • Herrera, AliciaEOMAR, ECOAQUA, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (author)
  • Gissel Nielsen, TorkelNational Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU AQUA) Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (author)
  • Shashoua, YvonneEnvironmental Archaeology and Materials Science, National Museum of Denmark, Denmark (author)
  • Lindegren, MartinNational Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU AQUA) Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (author)
  • Almeda, RodrigoNational Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU AQUA) Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; EOMAR, ECOAQUA, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (author)
  • Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark; National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU AQUA) Technical University of Denmark, DenmarkNational Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU AQUA) Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (creator_code:org_t)

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