A5064573965- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
Universidade de Vigo
2017-2020
Microplastics are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems, but little information is currently available on the dangers and risks to living organisms. In order assess ecotoxicity of environmental microplastics (MPs), samples were collected from beaches two islands Guadeloupe archipelago, Petit-Bourg (PB) located main island Marie-Galante (MG) second archipelago. These have a similar polymer composition with mainly polyethylene (PE) polypropylene (PP). However, these very dissimilar regard their...
Abstract A 2‐tier standardized protocol was designed to test the toxicity of microplastics planktonic organisms. This approach uses sea urchin ( Paracentrotus lividus ) and copepod Acartia clausi larvae because they are common biological models in marine research, standard methods for testing with regulatory applications available. In Tier I, leachates obtained at a 100 1 liquid solid ratio tested, toxic units calculated using probit dose–response model quantify plastics. II, which is...
The marine flagellate Isochrysis galbana, with a global distribution, is one of the most common microalgae used as natural food in aquaculture. In recent years I. galbana has been also increasingly toxicity testing, although it not included current international protocols such ISO that relies on Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Skeletonema costatum species, Raphidocelis subcapitata freshwater species. Sensitivity to selected model toxicants was compared those recommended species using 72h...