Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, Peru

Abstract: Microplastics (< 5 mm) are ubiquitous contaminants in the marine environment. The aims of the present study were to report the incidence of microplastic pollution in three mollusk species from the coast of Lima and to investigate the relationship between microplastic ingestion and feedi...

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Autores principales:	De-la-Torre,Gabriel Enrique, Apaza-Vargas,Diego Marcelo, Santillán,Luis
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar 2020
Materias:	Microplastic mollusk plastic debris Peru
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-195720200002001672021-02-09Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, PeruDe-la-Torre,Gabriel EnriqueApaza-Vargas,Diego MarceloSantillán,Luis Microplastic mollusk plastic debris Peru Abstract: Microplastics (< 5 mm) are ubiquitous contaminants in the marine environment. The aims of the present study were to report the incidence of microplastic pollution in three mollusk species from the coast of Lima and to investigate the relationship between microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology. Specimens of three mollusk species Semimytilus algosus, Tegula atra and Chiton granosus were sampled from the intertidal rocky zone. For microplastic isolation, soft tissues were digested in 10% KOH, vacuum filtrated and analyzed under a microscope. Rigorous contamination prevention measures were taken into account. C. granosus was the most contaminated mollusk (6.92 ± 2.13 particles g-1). Red fibers were the overall most abundant microplastic. The feeding behavior of T. atra promotes microplastic exposure to C. granosus. More research is needed to fully understand the microplastic effects on mollusk species.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del MarRevista de biología marina y oceanografía v.55 n.2 20202020-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572020000200167en10.22370/rbmo.2020.55.2.2502
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topic	Microplastic mollusk plastic debris Peru
spellingShingle	Microplastic mollusk plastic debris Peru De-la-Torre,Gabriel Enrique Apaza-Vargas,Diego Marcelo Santillán,Luis Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, Peru
description	Abstract: Microplastics (< 5 mm) are ubiquitous contaminants in the marine environment. The aims of the present study were to report the incidence of microplastic pollution in three mollusk species from the coast of Lima and to investigate the relationship between microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology. Specimens of three mollusk species Semimytilus algosus, Tegula atra and Chiton granosus were sampled from the intertidal rocky zone. For microplastic isolation, soft tissues were digested in 10% KOH, vacuum filtrated and analyzed under a microscope. Rigorous contamination prevention measures were taken into account. C. granosus was the most contaminated mollusk (6.92 ± 2.13 particles g-1). Red fibers were the overall most abundant microplastic. The feeding behavior of T. atra promotes microplastic exposure to C. granosus. More research is needed to fully understand the microplastic effects on mollusk species.
author	De-la-Torre,Gabriel Enrique Apaza-Vargas,Diego Marcelo Santillán,Luis
author_facet	De-la-Torre,Gabriel Enrique Apaza-Vargas,Diego Marcelo Santillán,Luis
author_sort	De-la-Torre,Gabriel Enrique
title	Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, Peru
title_short	Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, Peru
title_full	Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, Peru
title_fullStr	Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, Peru
title_full_unstemmed	Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, Peru
title_sort	microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from lima, peru
publisher	Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar
publishDate	2020
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572020000200167
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Microplastic ingestion and feeding ecology in three intertidal mollusk species from Lima, Peru

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