微塑料
水生生态系统
环境科学
生态系统
污染物
水生环境
生态学
生物
环境化学
化学
作者
Jun-Kit Wan,Wan-Loy Chu,Yih-Yih Kok,Choy-Sin Lee
出处
期刊:Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
日期:2018-01-01
卷期号:: 133-158
被引量:13
摘要
Plastics, with their many useful physical and chemical properties, are widely used in various industries and activities of daily living. Yet, the insidious effects of plastics, particularly long-term effects on aquatic organisms, are not properly understood. Plastics have been shown to degrade to micro- and nanosize particles known as microplastics and nanoplastics, respectively. These minute particles have been shown to cause various adverse effects on aquatic organisms, ranging from growth inhibition, developmental delay and altered feeding behaviour in aquatic animals to decrease of photosynthetic efficiency and induction of oxidative stress in microalgae. This review paper covers the distribution of microplastics and nanoplastics in aquatic ecosystems, focusing on their effects on microalgae as well as co-toxicity of microplastics and nanoplastics with other pollutants. Besides that, this review paper also discusses future research directions which could be taken to gain a better understanding of the impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics on aquatic ecosystems.
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