Microplastic ingestion by tadpoles of pond-breeding amphibians—first results from Central Europe (SW Poland)

Microplastics (MPs) are one of the major threats to aquatic ecosystems. Surprisingly, our knowledge of its occurrence and its impact on the organisms that dwell in small water bodies is still scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and chemical composition of MPs in tadpoles...

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Autores principales: Kolenda, Krzysztof, Kuśmierek, Natalia, Pstrowska, Katarzyna
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Short Research and Discussion Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32601862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09648-6
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author Kolenda, Krzysztof
Kuśmierek, Natalia
Pstrowska, Katarzyna
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description Microplastics (MPs) are one of the major threats to aquatic ecosystems. Surprisingly, our knowledge of its occurrence and its impact on the organisms that dwell in small water bodies is still scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and chemical composition of MPs in tadpoles of pond-breeding amphibians. In total, 201 tadpoles belonging to 5 species were collected from 8 ponds located in southwestern Poland. MPs were found in all examined sites and in all studied species. Among those tested, 53 (26%) tadpoles ingested a total of 71 MPs. IR-ATR analysis revealed that particles were of anthropogenic origin and included nylon, polyurethane, polyisoprene and 1,2 polybutadiene.
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spelling pubmed-74173862020-08-17 Microplastic ingestion by tadpoles of pond-breeding amphibians—first results from Central Europe (SW Poland) Kolenda, Krzysztof Kuśmierek, Natalia Pstrowska, Katarzyna Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Short Research and Discussion Article Microplastics (MPs) are one of the major threats to aquatic ecosystems. Surprisingly, our knowledge of its occurrence and its impact on the organisms that dwell in small water bodies is still scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and chemical composition of MPs in tadpoles of pond-breeding amphibians. In total, 201 tadpoles belonging to 5 species were collected from 8 ponds located in southwestern Poland. MPs were found in all examined sites and in all studied species. Among those tested, 53 (26%) tadpoles ingested a total of 71 MPs. IR-ATR analysis revealed that particles were of anthropogenic origin and included nylon, polyurethane, polyisoprene and 1,2 polybutadiene. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-06-29 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7417386/ /pubmed/32601862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09648-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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title_short Microplastic ingestion by tadpoles of pond-breeding amphibians—first results from Central Europe (SW Poland)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417386/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09648-6
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