Olga Novillo-Sanjuan, Sergio Gallén, J. Raga, J. Tomás
{"title":"Microplastics in Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso 1810, Myctophidae), a Common Lanternfish Species from the Ibiza Channel (Western Mediterranean)","authors":"Olga Novillo-Sanjuan, Sergio Gallén, J. Raga, J. Tomás","doi":"10.3390/microplastics2030020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics2030020","url":null,"abstract":"Microplastics’ presence in the pelagic environment is still largely unknown due to the difficulty of sampling in this part of the ocean. In this study, we quantify microplastics’ exposure in a pelagic lanternfish species from the western Mediterranean, Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso 1810), which occupies an intermediate position in the marine food web. L. crocodilus were captured in the Ibiza Channel by a trawling vessel and microplastics were extracted by digestion of their gastrointestinal systems. Almost half of the analysed lanternfish contained microplastics, mostly blue and black fibres (40.9% and 34.66%, respectively). In fishes with at least one microplastic, the median was 3 MPs/fish (CI 95% = 3.46–6.8), similar to other studies performed in other fish species in the area. Biometric parameters of fish, such as total length and body condition, were not correlated with the number of microplastics. Data presented here contribute to quantifying the severity of microplastic pollution in the pelagic environment and in a wild, non-commercial species.","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88178409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. I. Ruíz-Reyes, F. Lango-Reynoso, M. Castañeda-Chávez, Ángel Morán-Silva
{"title":"Microplastics on Beaches in the Nautla-Vega de Alatorre Turtle Nesting Area, Veracruz","authors":"C. I. Ruíz-Reyes, F. Lango-Reynoso, M. Castañeda-Chávez, Ángel Morán-Silva","doi":"10.3390/microplastics2030019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics2030019","url":null,"abstract":"The low cost of production and the widespread use of plastics has brought about a problem that is difficult to measure; microplastics are considered emerging pollutants because their presence can pose a risk to the environment. This study focuses on the characterization of microplastics (MPs) in the nesting area of green (Chelonia mydas) and Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles, on the coastal municipalities of Nautla and Vega de Alatorre, Veracruz, Mexico. Five beaches along 15.5 km of coastline were analyzed and samples were taken in the intertidal zone. In this work, only microplastics in sizes from one to five mm were analyzed. A characterization of the potential sources of microplastics at the basin level was carried out and 94% of the samples analyzed presented MPs, the greatest amount was at site Playa Navarro (B32) (1.2 Item/kg dw), and in the high tide zone (4.86 ± 2.79 Item/kg dw). The predominant color of the MPs was white (42%), the most representative form were fragments (31%), while most of the MPs presented sizes of 4–5 mm (35%) followed by 1–2 mm (34%). The chemical composition of most of the MPs was polyethylene (55%). Regarding the sources of the MPs generation, livestock, agriculture, fishing, tourism, wastewater discharges, urban solid waste and, to a lesser extent, the plastic industry were identified. The mobilization factors of the MPs turned out to be the Colipa and Misantla rivers with runoff from the basin, wind, waves and marine currents.","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84289238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristof Dorau, M. Hoppe, Daniel Rückamp, J. Köser, G. Scheeder, Katrin Scholz, E. Fries
{"title":"Status quo of operation procedures for soil sampling to analyze microplastics","authors":"Kristof Dorau, M. Hoppe, Daniel Rückamp, J. Köser, G. Scheeder, Katrin Scholz, E. Fries","doi":"10.1186/s43591-023-00063-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-023-00063-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42750045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Mattsson, Juliana Aristéia de Lima, T. Wilkinson, Ida Järlskog, Elisabet Ekstrand, Yvonne Andersson Sköld, M. Gustafsson, M. Hassellöv
{"title":"Tyre and road wear particles from source to sea","authors":"K. Mattsson, Juliana Aristéia de Lima, T. Wilkinson, Ida Järlskog, Elisabet Ekstrand, Yvonne Andersson Sköld, M. Gustafsson, M. Hassellöv","doi":"10.1186/s43591-023-00060-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-023-00060-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43066537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preliminary Assessment into the Prevalence and Distribution of Microplastics in North and South Pacific Island Beaches","authors":"M. Bleszynski, E. Clark","doi":"10.3390/microplastics2030018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics2030018","url":null,"abstract":"Microplastic pollution has become an increasing danger to marine wildlife and ecosystems worldwide. The continued increase in the production of plastic products has caused microplastic pollution to become more distributed, especially along shorelines. Therefore, to better assess the pervasiveness of microplastics around the Pacific Islands, in this work, we conducted a preliminary investigation into the pervasiveness of microplastics along eight different North and South Pacific Island beaches located in New Zealand and Hawaii. Microplastic prevalence was investigated as a function of beach location, sand type, and microplastic type. Our analysis found that all eight locations contained some level of microplastics, and sheltered fine-grained sand beaches contained the highest level of microplastics, with the largest particle size distribution. In addition, spectroscopy analysis was conducted to assess the plastic type, which showed that nylon and polypropylene were the most common types of microplastics among the tested samples. The results of this study offer a preliminary insight into the microplastic accumulation among different beaches, indicating that sheltered fine-grained beaches and ecosystems may be more susceptible to microplastic accumulation.","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91013386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Khan, Miguel Oliveria, T. Walker, C. Panti, Gary Hardiman
{"title":"Ecotoxicological Impacts of Micro(Nano)plastics in the Environment: Biotic and Abiotic Interactions","authors":"F. Khan, Miguel Oliveria, T. Walker, C. Panti, Gary Hardiman","doi":"10.3390/microplastics2030017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics2030017","url":null,"abstract":"Plastic and microplastic pollution is a complex, muti-faceted challenge that has engaged a broad alliance of stakeholder groups who are concerned with environmental, biotic and human health [...]","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"104 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80466003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeanne M. Hankett, Jennifer L. Holtz, Imari Walker-Franklin, Kathryn Shaffer, Jerome Jourdan, Derek C. Batiste, Jessie M Garcia, Christine Kaczan, W. Wohlleben, L. Ferguson
{"title":"Matrix Matters: novel insights for the extraction, preparation, and quantitation of microplastics in a freshwater mesocosm study","authors":"Jeanne M. Hankett, Jennifer L. Holtz, Imari Walker-Franklin, Kathryn Shaffer, Jerome Jourdan, Derek C. Batiste, Jessie M Garcia, Christine Kaczan, W. Wohlleben, L. Ferguson","doi":"10.1186/s43591-023-00062-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-023-00062-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41636202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, F. Lagarde, C. Chassenieux, T. Nicolai
{"title":"Quantification of Very Low Concentrations of Colloids with Light Scattering Applied to Micro(Nano)Plastics in Seawater","authors":"Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, F. Lagarde, C. Chassenieux, T. Nicolai","doi":"10.3390/microplastics2020016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics2020016","url":null,"abstract":"The detection and quantification of micro(nano)plastics in the marine environment are essential requirements to understand the full impacts of plastic pollution on the ecosystem and human health. Here, static light scattering (SLS) and dynamic (DLS) light scattering techniques are assessed for their capacity to detect colloidal particles with diameters between d = 0.1 and 0.8 µm at very low concentrations in seawater. The detection limit of the apparatus was determined using model monodisperse spherical polystyrene latex particles with diameters of 0.2 µm and 0.5 µm. It is shown that the concentration and size of colloids can be determined down to about 10−6 g/L. Light scattering measurements on seawater obtained from different locations in Western Europe show that colloidal particles were detected with DLS in seawater filtered through 0.8 µm pore size filters. The concentration of these particles was not higher than 1 µg/L, with an average diameter of about 0.6 µm. We stress that these particles are not necessarily plastic. No particles were detected after filtration through 0.45 µm pore size filters.","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81975838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microplastic paint particle production for spiking experiments; silicone rubber as application material provide high yield with low effort","authors":"Alexander S. Tagg","doi":"10.1186/s43591-023-00061-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-023-00061-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44743221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yudai Ikuno, H. Tsujino, Y. Haga, H. Asahara, K. Higashisaka, Y. Tsutsumi
{"title":"Impact of Degradation of Polyethylene Particles on Their Cytotoxicity","authors":"Yudai Ikuno, H. Tsujino, Y. Haga, H. Asahara, K. Higashisaka, Y. Tsutsumi","doi":"10.3390/microplastics2020015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics2020015","url":null,"abstract":"Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment, including in the ocean, soil, and air. Therefore, there are concerns regarding human exposure. Since it is known that the surface of microplastics in various environments is chemically deteriorated by external factors such as ultraviolet rays and waves, it is essential to evaluate the biological effects of degraded microplastics. In this study, we experimented by accelerating the degradation of polyethylene (PE) using vacuum ultraviolet light and prepared PE samples with different degrees of degradation. Then, we evaluated the effects of undegraded and variously degraded PE on cells using cytotoxicity tests. Based on the cytotoxicity test results, we saw a tendency for increased cytotoxicity with increasing degradation. Therefore, this study substantially links the deterioration of microplastics with their biological effects.","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"95 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78000642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}