Effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: a comprehensive review

S GÜNDOĞDU, İNUR YEŞİLYURT… - Turkish Journal of …, 2024 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Microplastics (MPs) are pervasive pollutants that pose significant threats to marine
ecosystems. This review examines the impact of MPs on marine organisms, highlighting key …

Multiple species ingest microplastic but few reflect sediment and water pollution on sandy beaches: A baseline for biomonitoring

LL Costa, A da Silva Oliveira, ID da Costa… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Databases recording the ingestion of microplastics by marine animals are growing. This is
also recurrent on sandy beaches, where different biomonitors have been proposed to …

Macroecotoxicology: challenges and opportunities to study broad-scale biodiversity patterns under the effect of microplastics contamination

GM Moulatlet, DM Truchet, MV Capparelli… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite several advances in the field of ecotoxicology, the implication of the effects of
xenobiotics on species' macroecological responses can only be inferred. Almost a decade …

Prevalence of microplastics in Peruvian mangrove sediments and edible mangrove species

A Aguirre-Sanchez, S Purca, M Cole… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mangrove ecosystems have been hypothesised as a potential sink of microplastic debris,
which could pose a threat to mangrove biota and ecological function. In this field-study we …

Microplastics pollution in mud crab (Scylla sp.) aquaculture system: First investigation and evidence

S Hossain, ZNA Shukri, K Waiho, YS Ibrahim… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) occurrence in farmed aquatic organisms has already been the prime
priority of researchers due to the food security concerns for human consumption. A number …

Effect of salinity on microplastic accumulation and osmoregulatory toxicity in the fiddler crab Minuca rapax

MV Capparelli, CA Ramírez… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of salinity on the accumulation and toxicity of microplastics (MPs) in mangrove
invertebrates are still scarcely described. We assessed the accumulation and …

Environmental risk of microplastics in a Mexican coastal lagoon ecosystem: Anthropogenic inputs and its possible human food risk

O Celis-Hernandez, E Ávila… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal lagoons are ecosystems that are considered providers of a variety species of
commercial value to the humans. However, they are currently threatened by a variety of …

Macroecotoxicological approaches to emerging patterns of microplastic bioaccumulation in crabs from estuarine and marine environments

DM Truchet, NS Buzzi, GM Moulatlet… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the increasing plastic discharge into the environment, few articles have dealt with
the macroecological implications of microplastics (MPs) bioaccumulation on organisms. We …

Ingestion of microplastics and microfibers by the invasive blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun 1896) in the Balearic Islands, Spain

M Compa, E Perelló, A Box, V Colomar, S Pinya… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 is native to the western coasts of the
Atlantic Ocean and is currently considered an invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea. In …

Microplastics in Scylla Serrata: A baseline study from southwest India

G Valsan, A Tamrakar, AK Warrier - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Scylla serrata plays a crucial role in India's seafood exports yet there exists limited
understanding on the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in these crabs. In this baseline …