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Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future?
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The effects of microplastics (MP) on aquatic organisms are currently the subject of intense research. Here, we provide a critical perspective on published studies of MP ingestion by aquatic biota. We summarize the available research on MP presence, behaviour and effects on aquatic organisms monitored in the field and on laboratory studies of the ecotoxicological consequences of MP ingestion. We consider MP polymer type, shape, size as well as group of organisms studied and type of effect reported. Specifically, we evaluate whether or not the available laboratory studies of MP are representative of the types of MPs found in the environment and whether or not they have reported on relevant groups or organisms. Analysis of the available data revealed that 1) despite their widespread detection in field-based studies, polypropylene, polyester and polyamide particles were under-represented in laboratory studies; 2) fibres and fragments (800-1600 μm) are the most common form of MPs reported in animals collected from the field; 3) to date, most studies have been conducted on fish; knowledge is needed about the effects of MPs on other groups of organisms, especially invertebrates. Furthermore, there are significant mismatches between the types of MP most commonly found in the environment or reported in field studies and those used in laboratory experiments. Finally, there is an overarching need to understand the mechanism of action and ecotoxicological effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of MPs on aquatic organism health.
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This review surveys 157 articles and 612 studies on microplastics in aquatic organisms, finding research skewed toward fish and small crustaceans, PE/PS polymers, and laboratory concentrations often higher than environmental levels. It highlights mismatches between field-detected microplastic shapes, sizes, and polymers and those used in laboratory ecotoxicology, and calls for more environmentally relevant, freshwater, and mechanism-focused work.
Key findings
- Across field and laboratory studies, the most commonly reported microplastics were PE (23%) and PS (22%), followed by PP (12%) and PES (9%); fish were the most studied organism group (44%), followed by crustacea (21% combined), molluscs (14%), and annelid worms (6%).
- Field and laboratory studies were roughly balanced (48% field, 52% laboratory), but fish dominated field studies (23% of all studies) while small crustaceans dominated laboratory studies (17%); 24% of field studies did not report the typology of microplastics present in biota.
- Laboratory studies most often used spherical microplastics (17%) and particles <50 μm (75 of 169 laboratory studies where size was reported), whereas field-collected organisms most often contained fibres (23%) and fragments (21%), with 800–1600 μm and 400–800 μm each reported in 12% of field studies.
- Among 130 studies reporting ecotoxicological effects, crustaceans were most studied (45%), followed by fish (21%), molluscs (18%), annelid worms (7%), echinoderms (7%), and rotifers (2%); ecotoxicological studies used marine organisms 77% of the time versus freshwater organisms 23%.
Methods
- A bibliographic survey was conducted on November 22, 2017 using the Thompson Reuters ISI Web of Science database with the keyword “microplastic*”; 1,637 candidate publications were identified and 157 were retained for analysis.
- Retained studies were summarized by microplastic type, shape, size range, organism group, and ecotoxicological effect; a “study” was defined as an interaction of organism group, MP type, MP shape, and MP size, yielding 612 studies from the 157 articles.
- The review tabulated and summarized published field and laboratory studies; no attempt was made to separate direct ecotoxicological effects from organism responses associated with starvation following MP ingestion.
Limitations
- Stated in the paper: laboratory studies often use unrealistically high MP concentrations; 24% of field studies did not report MP typology; freshwater organisms are under-studied; there is a possible publication bias against negative results; and analytical challenges limit understanding of whether MPs adsorb contaminants once inside organisms.
- Stated in the paper: no attempt was made to separate direct ecotoxicological effects from starvation-related responses, and the review did not include plants or microbes.
- Evident from the text: the review relies on a single database and a single search date, and its findings depend on the author-defined classification criteria and the available published literature.
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“Our search identified 157 published, peer-reviewed articles which documented a total of 612 studies (listed in supplementary information).”
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“There were relatively few studies of PE in vertebrates other than fish.”
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“Fish are the most studied organism group in the field (23% of all studies)”
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“The surveyed publications identified an equivalent number of studies conducted in the field (48%) and laboratory (52%) (Fig. 3A).”
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“The most common types of MPs reported in biota collected during field sampling include PE (17%), PP (14%), PES (13%), PA (10%) and PS MPs (9%) (Fig. S1).”
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“In the laboratory, smaller particles (b50 μm) were used most commonly (75 / 169 laboratory studies where MP size was reported) (Fig. S2).”
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“To date, ecotoxicological studies of MPs have been conducted predominantly using marine (77%) as opposed to freshwater (23%) organisms (Fig. 3B).”
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“whereas small crustaceans are the group most studied in the laboratory (17% of all studies) (Fig. 3A).”
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“Unfortunately, a sizeable fraction of the field studies (24%) did not report the typology of MPs present in the biota (Fig. S1).”
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“The size range 800-1600 μm, the most commonly reported from field samples of biota represents a very small fraction of the sizes used in the laboratory (Fig. S2).”
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“A total of 1637 candidate publications were identified.”
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“Fish were the most commonly studied group of organisms (44%), followed by crustacea (21% for large and small crustacea combined), molluscs (14%) and annelid worms (6%) (Fig. 2).”
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“Of the 1637 candidate publications, 157 were retained for further analysis.”
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“The presence of PE was reported less commonly in other groups of organisms, with 12 studies on molluscs, seven on small crustaceans and four on annelids (Fig. 2).”
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“The types of MPs most commonly reported across field and laboratory studies include PE (23%) and PS (22%), followed by PP (12%) and PES (9%) (Fig. 1).”
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“Effects of PS MPs have been reported in studies of fish (n = 17) and small crustaceans (n = 19) (Fig. 2).”
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“Polyethylene was the most common type of MP studied in fish, it was reported in 34 studies, or 12% of the total number of studies identified.”
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“In fact, only 8% of the laboratory studies have been performed with PP MPs whereas PS and PE MPs were used in 40% and 33% of the studies respectively (Fig. S1).”
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“The MP size used or reported in published studies also varies and is related to MP shape (Fig. S2), with almost every shape having been reported across all size ranges (Fig. S2).”
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“The size ranges 800-1600 μm (12%) and 400-800 μm (12%) were the most commonly reported in animals collected from the field, followed by 200-400 μm (11%) (Fig. S2).”
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“Fibres and fragments were reported in 23% and 21% of studies, respectively, followed by spheres (11%), film (8%) and pellets (4%) (Fig. S2).”
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“However, in laboratory studies, spherical MPs have been the most commonly used shape (17%) followed by fibres, fragments and unspecified particles (all 3%) (Fig. S2).”
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“While field studies generally reflect reported plastic production rates, these polymers were not studied with similar frequency in laboratory assays (Fig. S1).”
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“Among the reports of MPs in marine organisms, fish are the most commonly studied group (25%), followed by molluscs (15%), small crustacea (11%), large crustacea (8%) annelid worms (6%), mammals and echinoderms (both 3%), birds and cnidaria (both 2%), porifera, reptiles and rotifers (all b 1%) (Fig. 3B).”
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“Multiple freshwater studies only exist for fish (13% overall, 56% of the freshwater studies) and small crustacea (8% overall, 35% of the freshwater studies).”
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“Other commonly studied species include the freshwater fish Danio rerio (7%) (Khan et al., 2015;Lu et al., 2016;Chen et al., 2017aChen et al., , 2017b;;Sleight et al., 2017;Veneman et al., 2017;Lei et al., 2018)”
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“Crustaceans were the most commonly studied taxonomic group (45%), followed by fish (21%), molluscs (18%), annelid worms (7%), echinoderms (7%) and rotifers (2%).”
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“Overall, documented effects of MPs on aquatic organisms include reduction of feeding activity (Besseling et al., 2013;de Sá et al., 2015), oxidative stress (Della Torre et al., 2014), genotoxicity (Della Torre et al., 2014), neurotoxicity (Oliveira et al., 2012(Oliveira et al., , 2013;;Luis et al., 2015;Ribeiro et al., 2017), growth delay (Della Torre et al., 2014;Au et al., 2015;Redondo-Hasselerh”
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“Slightly more than half the studies (54%) were conducted using PE MPs.”
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“Most studies had been performed on fish (63%), with some studies of molluscs (19%), crustacea (14%) and annelid worms (5%).”
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“Polystyrene (29%), PVC (19%) and PP (4%) MPs were also reported.”
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“Studies examined the combined effects of MPs with legacy POPs (64%), endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs; 17%), metals (10%), antibiotics (7%) and herbicides (2%).”
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“However, the effects of MPs on freshwater organisms are much less well known.”
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“since these particles, namely PP, are manufactured in large scale and detected in aquatic organisms in the higher quantities than PS”
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“The occurrence and accumulation of MPs in the aquatic environment is nowadays an undeniable fact.”
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“It is also undeniable that a large number of organisms are exposed to these particles and that this exposure may cause a variety of effects and threaten individuals of many different species, the ecosystems they live in and, ultimately, humans.”
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“The potential deleterious effects of MPs on aquatic biota have been recognized by the scientific community as demonstrated by the increasing number of studies in the last years focussing primarily on marine biota.”
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“Overall, results suggest a knowledge gap on the effects of PE MPs on other organisms beyond fish and PS MPs on all groups of organisms except fish and small crustaceans.”
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“Ingestion of PE by fish is both widespread and crosses habitat preferences.”
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“Mechanisms of MP action on organism health still poorly understood”
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“Taxonomic groups in which PS MPs were detected include the marine copepods Acartia spp.and Eurytemora affinis (Setälä et al., 2014), large crustaceans such as the estuarine mysid Neomysis integer (Setälä et al., 2014) and the crab Uca rapax (Brennecke et al., 2015).”
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“No attempt was made to separate direct ecotoxicological effects from e.g.organism responses associated with starvation following MP ingestion.”
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“In Sections 3.2.1-3.2.3 where MPs effects are described, only studies which report MP effects on organisms were considered.”
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“For example, Lusher et al. (2013) showed that over one third of fish examined in their study had ingested MPs, with pelagic and benthic fish displaying similar gut contents, suggesting either a lack of selectivity or widespread presence of PE in both the water column and sediments.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.1. Types of MPs and target groups reported in field and laboratory studies
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- Not checked yetcites Lusher et al. (2013) source
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“Most lab studies are conducted at unrealistically high MP concentrations”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > Abstract
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“The widespread distribution of MPs in aquatic ecosystems (Lusher et al., 2013) and broad range of physicochemical properties makes a wide range of aquatic organisms potentially susceptible to these emerging contaminants.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.1. Types of MPs and target groups reported in field and laboratory studies
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- Not checked yetcites Lusher et al., 2013 source
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“there is a possibility that effect studies may be biased towards to a particular type of polymer without due consideration of reported occurrence in organisms and the environment, estimated release to the environment and bioavailability.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.2. Reports of organisms exposed to MPs in field and laboratory conditions
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“Nizzetto et al. (2016) report densities of 1040-1090 kg m -3 for PS and 910-940 kg m -3 for PE.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.1. Types of MPs and target groups reported in field and laboratory studies
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- Not checked yetcites Nizzetto et al., 2016
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“The density of PS MPs is usually greater than PE MPs, so they may be available not only in the water column, but also in the sediment (Browne et al., 2007), representing a higher risk for both pelagic and demersal organisms”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.1. Types of MPs and target groups reported in field and laboratory studies
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- Not checked yetcites Browne et al., 2007 source
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“while PE MPs have a lower density presenting a higher availability in the water column and potentially pose a higher risk for pelagic fish (Phuong et al., 2016).”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.1. Types of MPs and target groups reported in field and laboratory studies
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- Not checked yetcites Phuong et al., 2016 source
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“This may reflect the difficulty in sampling smaller particles from environmental media as the size of MPs in biological samples collected in the environment may be biased by sampling and detection methodology that seem to contribute to the scarcity of reports of MP with a size b 50 μm.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.2. Reports of organisms exposed to MPs in field and laboratory conditions
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“Such differences may be the result of difficulties in maintaining and handling large and/or long-lived organisms under controlled conditions.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.2. Reports of organisms exposed to MPs in field and laboratory conditions
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“the properties of the MP parent material are likely to influence both its physical behaviour in the environment (e.g.presence in the water column or in sediments), the potential to adsorb environmental contaminants, and its bioavailability”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.2. Reports of organisms exposed to MPs in field and laboratory conditions
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- Not checked yetcites Andrady and Neal, 2009
- Not checked yetcites Zarfl and Matthies, 2010
- Not checked yetcites Antunes et al., 2013 source
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“Furthermore, they may encounter more highly contaminated sediments, increasing the likelihood of synergistic effects of MPs with other environmental pollutants.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.1. Organism groups used in ecotoxicological studies with MPs
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“Cole et al. (2013) reported that dead copepods can have adhered PS fragments, which could contribute to the vertical transport of this type of MP.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.1. Types of MPs and target groups reported in field and laboratory studies
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- Not checked yetcites Cole et al., 2013 source
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“considering that it is one of the most produced and demanded types of plastic, with about 20% of European production, much more than the 7% of production devoted to PS (Plastics Europe, 2017).”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.2. Reports of organisms exposed to MPs in field and laboratory conditions
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- Not checked yetcites Plastics Europe, 2017
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“This detection frequency largely reflects rates of plastic production, except that PS plastics are produced in greater amounts than either PES or PA.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.1.2. Reports of organisms exposed to MPs in field and laboratory conditions
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“Studies of small crustaceans include those by Cole et al. (2015) and Lee et al. (2013) who observed a decrease in survival and fecundity of the marine copepods Calanus helgolandicus (24 h and 216 h; 20 μm; 6.5-7.5 × 10 4 particles L -1 )”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites Cole et al., 2015 source
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“Fish are generally intermediate/top predators (Oliveira et al., 2012(Oliveira et al., , 2013;;Pochberger et al., 2014;de Sá et al., 2015) and may ingest MPs either directly or through consumption of prey containing MPs.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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“without affecting its survival (Kaposi et al., 2014).”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites Kaposi et al., 2014 source
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“Given the differences in habits and physiology of marine and freshwater species, it is not clear to what extent results based on studies of marine organisms can be applied to freshwater species and vice versa.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.1. Organism groups used in ecotoxicological studies with MPs
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“They reported a LC 50 = 7.14 × 10 4 particles L -1 for PP MPs compared to LC 50 = 4.64 × 10 7 particles L -1 for PE MPs.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites Au et al., 2015
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“Small crustaceans are often primary consumers (Desforges et al., 2014), as are planktonic rotifers.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites Desforges et al., 2014 source
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“Mazurais et al. (2015) reported mortality and induction of the cytochrome P450 (CYP P450) in D. labrax (846 h; 10-45 μm; 10-100 particles mg -1 of diet).”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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“Jaikumar et al. (2018) showed that three Daphnia species showed different responses to primary and secondary MP exposure, and different interactive effects of MP exposure and thermal stress.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.1. Organism groups used in ecotoxicological studies with MPs
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- Not checked yetcites Jaikumar et al., 2018 source
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“The number of studies of D. magna may reflect its widespread use in ecotoxicology laboratories.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.1. Organism groups used in ecotoxicological studies with MPs
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“However, there are likely to be significant analytical challenges associated with conducting such studies.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.3. Interactive ecotoxicological effects of MPs with other contaminants
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“and Tigriopus japonicas (two generation test; 0.05-0.5 μm; 0.125-25 mg L -1 ) when exposed to PS MPs.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites Lee et al., 2013 source
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“A study using Scrobicularia plana (Ribeiro et al., 2017) reported increases in neurotoxicity and genotoxicity.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites Ribeiro et al., 2017 source
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“Della Torre et al. (2014) described effects of PS MPs (6-48 h; 0.04-0.05μm; 1-50 mg L -1 ) on gene expression in the echinoderm Paracentrotus lividus, including an up-regulation of the Abcb1 gene responsible for protection and multi-drug resistance (Shipp and Hamdoun, 2012).”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites Della Torre et al., 2014 source
- Not checked yetcites Shipp and Hamdoun, 2012
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“This persistence of MPs in mussel tissues represents a possible source of toxicity to their predators and potentially to humans (e.g.De Witte et al., 2014;Van Cauwenberghe and Janssen, 2014)”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites De Witte et al., 2014 source
- Not checked yetcites Van Cauwenberghe and Janssen, 2014
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“Hurley et al. (2018) report maximum sediment concentrations of ~440,000 particles m -2 , and an average of 16,000 particles m -2 .”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites Hurley et al., 2018 source
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“and Paracyclopina nana (24 h; 0.05-6 μm; 0.1-20 mg L -1 ).”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.2. Ecotoxicological effects of MPs on aquatic organisms
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- Not checked yetcites Jeong et al., 2017
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“It is also undeniable that a large number of organisms are exposed to these particles and that this exposure may cause a variety of effects and threaten individuals of many different species, the ecosystems they live in and, ultimately, humans.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 4. Conclusions and future perspectives
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“Polyethylene and PS MPs are clearly the most studied type of polymers, although others, specifically PP, PES and PA, may represent a similar danger for aquatic life.”
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“While it is difficult to demonstrate, it is possible that this lack of studies in the literature reflects a bias against publishing negative results.”
§ Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future? > 3.2.3. Interactive ecotoxicological effects of MPs with other contaminants
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The set of surveyed publications is representative of the available literature on MPs and aquatic organisms.
“The surveyed publications identified an equivalent number of studies conducted in the field (48%) and laboratory (52%) (Fig. 3A).”
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Molluscs include a large number of filter feeding species, with a high tendency for bioaccumulation.
“Molluscs include a large number of filter feeding species, with a high tendency for bioaccumulation.”
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These organism groups occupy a number of positions in aquatic food webs.
“These organism groups occupy a number of positions in aquatic food webs.”
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In the environment, organisms are simultaneously exposed to several contaminants.
“These studies are motivated by the situation found in the environment where organisms are simultaneously exposed to several contaminants.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Several of these organisms are widely used for food (e.g. M. edulis).
“Considering that several of these organisms are widely used for food (e.g.M. edulis)”
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There are many freshwater organisms with considerable trophic and commercial importance.
“Considering that there are many freshwater organisms with considerable trophic and commercial importance, this approach should be one of the directions that the study of MPs should take.”
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“As reported by de Sá et al. [75], MPs can act as a carrier of pollutants in the marine food web.”
From Is Wild Marine Biota Affected by Microplastics? (2022) · cites this paper as [75]
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34 studies are not 12% of the stated total
MinorThe paper says it identified 612 studies. On that denominator, 34 studies are about 5.6%, not 12%; the text does not specify a different denominator for this claim.
Reported 12 · recomputed 5.555556
“Polyethylene was the most common type of MP studied in fish, it was reported in 34 studies, or 12% of the total number of studies identified.”
Interactive-study polymer percentages total 106%
MinorThe reported PE, PS, PVC and PP shares add to 106%, beyond rounding error. That conflicts with the paper's definition of a study by MP type, under which an article covering multiple types generates separate studies.
“Slightly more than half the studies (54%) were conducted using PE MPs.Polystyrene (29%), PVC (19%) and PP (4%) MPs were also reported.”
“A study was defined as a series of observations of one group of organisms, type of MPs, shape and/or size.Any article reporting data on more than one of the aforementioned categories generated a number of studies equal to the number of elements per premise.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- de Sá, L. C., Oliveira, M., Ribeiro, F., Rocha, T. L., & Futter, M. N.
- Affiliations
- Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (PT)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Universidade Federal de Goiás (BR)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Futter, Martyn Norman
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-12
- Volume
- 645
- Pages
- 1029-1039
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2883238699
- Semantic Scholar
- b9222c4f4ecd7e923efa6319e707a47b84633bce
- Cited by
- 1,316
- References
- 140
- Citations by year
- 2026: 80 · 2025: 150 · 2024: 179 · 2023: 189 · 2022: 214 · 2021: 207 · 2020: 205 · 2019: 82 · 2018: 9
- FWCI
- 6.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Swedish Research Council FORMAS (2017-00029)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Keywords
- microplastics, aquatic organisms, microplastic ingestion, ecotoxicology, polymer types, particle size and shape, microfibers, microplastic fragments, fish, invertebrates, mechanism of action, environmental exposure
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Environmental Monitoring, Plastics, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Ecotoxicology, Aquatic Organisms
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A language model drew the claims from the paper on 2026-10-10, under version 3 of the claim definition (model deepseek-v4.1-flash, prompt extract-v3).
A second model labelled each claim on 2026-10-10 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
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