Turning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill

Microplastics are emerging ocean contaminants, but their fates in the ocean environment are poorly understood. Here the authors show that Antarctic krill digest micro plastics into nano plastics, thereby generating particles of a size that can cross biological and physical barriers.

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Autores principales: Amanda L. Dawson, So Kawaguchi, Catherine K. King, Kathy A. Townsend, Robert King, Wilhelmina M. Huston, Susan M. Bengtson Nash
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7dc13af32a2c4fcca5bb7624c0bd6ac32021-12-02T16:49:21ZTurning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill10.1038/s41467-018-03465-92041-1723https://doaj.org/article/7dc13af32a2c4fcca5bb7624c0bd6ac32018-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03465-9https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Microplastics are emerging ocean contaminants, but their fates in the ocean environment are poorly understood. Here the authors show that Antarctic krill digest micro plastics into nano plastics, thereby generating particles of a size that can cross biological and physical barriers.Amanda L. DawsonSo KawaguchiCatherine K. KingKathy A. TownsendRobert KingWilhelmina M. HustonSusan M. Bengtson NashNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
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Susan M. Bengtson Nash
Turning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill
description Microplastics are emerging ocean contaminants, but their fates in the ocean environment are poorly understood. Here the authors show that Antarctic krill digest micro plastics into nano plastics, thereby generating particles of a size that can cross biological and physical barriers.
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author Amanda L. Dawson
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Catherine K. King
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Robert King
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title Turning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill
title_short Turning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill
title_full Turning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill
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title_full_unstemmed Turning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill
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