Looking for Nano- and Microplastics in Meiofauna Using Advanced Methodologies
Meiofauna (body size within 30–1000 µm) are the community of microscopic invertebrates that live at the bottom of marine and freshwater ecosystems and play a key role in the food webs of these environments. Several studies have addressed the adverse effects of anthropic stressors on meiofauna; howev...
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| author | M. Antonio Todaro Serena Anselmi Tecla Bentivoglio Carlo Pretti Andrea Cavallo Monia Renzi |
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| description | Meiofauna (body size within 30–1000 µm) are the community of microscopic invertebrates that live at the bottom of marine and freshwater ecosystems and play a key role in the food webs of these environments. Several studies have addressed the adverse effects of anthropic stressors on meiofauna; however, data on the presence and impact of plastic debris in wild meiofaunal organisms are scant. Since the amount of microplastic waste in sediments may surge rapidly, ascertaining the ingestion of these xenobiotics by the abundant micrometazoan community is necessary to understand their potential accumulation in aquatic food webs and their hazard to the health of the ecosystem. The absence of documentation in this regard may be due to the difficulty in detecting the small size of the plastic fragments meiofauna may potentially ingest. To overcome this difficulty, we developed an integrated approach based on different microscopic/spectroscopic techniques suitable for detecting plastic particles of sizes down to 200 nm. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-379646fbc2814c4c8b5ef0afe07dab882023-11-18T01:17:10ZengMDPI AGEnvironments2076-32982023-05-011058110.3390/environments10050081Looking for Nano- and Microplastics in Meiofauna Using Advanced MethodologiesM. Antonio Todaro0Serena Anselmi1Tecla Bentivoglio2Carlo Pretti3Andrea Cavallo4Monia Renzi5Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via G. Campi, 213/D, 41125 Modena, ItalyBioscience Research Center, Via Aurelia Vecchia, 32, 58015 Orbetello, ItalyBioscience Research Center, Via Aurelia Vecchia, 32, 58015 Orbetello, ItalyInteruniversity Consortium of Marine Biology and Applied Ecology “G. Bacci” (CIBM), Viale Nazario Sauro 4, 57128 Livorno, ItalyCERTEMA, S.P. del Cipressino km 10, 58044 Cinigiano, ItalyDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri, 34127 Trieste, ItalyMeiofauna (body size within 30–1000 µm) are the community of microscopic invertebrates that live at the bottom of marine and freshwater ecosystems and play a key role in the food webs of these environments. Several studies have addressed the adverse effects of anthropic stressors on meiofauna; however, data on the presence and impact of plastic debris in wild meiofaunal organisms are scant. Since the amount of microplastic waste in sediments may surge rapidly, ascertaining the ingestion of these xenobiotics by the abundant micrometazoan community is necessary to understand their potential accumulation in aquatic food webs and their hazard to the health of the ecosystem. The absence of documentation in this regard may be due to the difficulty in detecting the small size of the plastic fragments meiofauna may potentially ingest. To overcome this difficulty, we developed an integrated approach based on different microscopic/spectroscopic techniques suitable for detecting plastic particles of sizes down to 200 nm.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/10/5/81meiobenthosmicroplasticµRAMANFESEMµFT-IR<i>Tigriopus fulvus</i> |
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| title | Looking for Nano- and Microplastics in Meiofauna Using Advanced Methodologies |
| title_full | Looking for Nano- and Microplastics in Meiofauna Using Advanced Methodologies |
| title_fullStr | Looking for Nano- and Microplastics in Meiofauna Using Advanced Methodologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Looking for Nano- and Microplastics in Meiofauna Using Advanced Methodologies |
| title_short | Looking for Nano- and Microplastics in Meiofauna Using Advanced Methodologies |
| title_sort | looking for nano and microplastics in meiofauna using advanced methodologies |
| topic | meiobenthos microplastic µRAMAN FESEM µFT-IR <i>Tigriopus fulvus</i> |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/10/5/81 |
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