Occurrence and Characterization of Small Microplastics

Autor: Fabiana Corami, Beatrice Rosso, Valentina Iannilli, Simone Ciadamidaro, Barbara Bravo, Carlo Barbante
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Toxics, Vol 10, Iss 7, p 383 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2305-6304
DOI: 10.3390/toxics10070383
Popis: This study is the first to investigate the ingestion of microplastics (MPs), plasticizers, additives, and particles of micro-litter < 100 μm by larvae of Simuliidae (Diptera) in rivers. Blackflies belong to a small cosmopolitan insect family whose larvae are present alongside river courses, often with a torrential regime, up to their mouths. Specimens of two species of blackfly larvae, Simulium equinum and Simulium ornatum, were collected in two rivers in Central Italy, the Mignone and the Treja. Small microplastics (SMPs, 90%. Differences in the abundances of the SMPs and APFs ingested by the two species under exam were statistically significant. Additives and plasticizers can be specific to a particular polymer; thus, these compounds can be proxies for the presence of plastic polymers in the environment.
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