Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species
Corinaldesi et al. investigated the biological responses to microplastic contamination of the red coral Corallium rubrum, a genus with near global distribution. Microplastics caused feeding impairment, tissue damage, altered gene expression, oxidative DNA damage and microbiome alteration. Such diver...
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/a795f5ceb7244ce0b1af6a78dec36490 |
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Sumario: | Corinaldesi et al. investigated the biological responses to microplastic contamination of the red coral Corallium rubrum, a genus with near global distribution. Microplastics caused feeding impairment, tissue damage, altered gene expression, oxidative DNA damage and microbiome alteration. Such diverse deleterious effects may be generalizable to other habitat-forming suspension and filter feeders given the burgeoning levels of microplastic contamination across the world’s oceans. |
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