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    Testing indicators for biological impacts of microplastics .

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    Date
    2016
    Corporate Author
    CleanSea Project
    Status
    Published
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    5pp.
    
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    Abstract
    The EU is still far from its goal of achieving healthy seas and part of the problem is due to marine litter (European Commission, 2014). Plastic materials invariably make up the dominant fraction of marine litter and there are particular concerns regarding the impacts of plastic microlitter (plastic particles in the range of a few nanometers up to 5 mm). The small size, persistence and ubiquity of these ‘microplastics’ in both pelagic and benthic ecosystems means they have the potential to be ingested, along with naturally occurring particulate matter, by a wide array of marine biota with unknown consequences for Darwinian fitness parameters (growth, survival, performance, reproduction). Due to the varying size, buoyancy and composition of marine litter, ingestion will vary for litter types between feeding guilds; planktivores and filter feeders will encounter low-density litter fragments suspended in the upper water column whereas high density litter fragments are more likely.....
    Resource URL
    http://www.cleansea-project.eu/drupal/sites/default/files/project%20results/D2_2_factsheet.pdf
    Publisher
    VU University, Institute for Environmental Studies
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Document Language
    en
    Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
    14.A
    14.1
    Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)
    Zooplankton biomass and diversity
    Macroalgal canopy cover and composition
    Fish abundance and distribution
    Microbe biomass and diversity
    Best Practice Type
    Best Practice
    Guide
    Spatial Coverage
    European Seas
    Citation
    CleanSea Project (2016) Testing indicators for biological impacts of microplastics. Amsterdam, Netherlands, VU University, Institute for Environmental Studies, 5pp. (D2_2factsheet). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-173
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11329/610
    http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-173
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