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- Title
No evidence of microplastic impacts on consumption or growth of larval Pimephales promelas.
- Authors
Malinich, Timothy David; Chou, Nathan; Sepúlveda, Maria S.; Höök, Tomas O.
- Abstract
Microplastics are an abundant pollutant in aquatic systems, but little is known regarding their effects on larval fish. We conducted foraging and growth experiments to observe how increasing densities of microplastics (polyethylene microspheres) impact the foraging and growth of Pimephales promelas larvae. We found minimal impacts on larval consumption of Artemia nauplii in the consumption study, as well as little impact on total length after 30 d of the growth experiment. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2912–2918. © 2018 SETAC
- Subjects
PLASTIC marine debris; FATHEAD minnow; WATER pollution; FISH larvae; POLYETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL toxicology
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2018, Vol 37, Issue 11, p2912
- ISSN
0730-7268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/etc.4257