Publication Date:
2023-01-30
Description:
Adult blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) were exposed to microplastic particles in a controlled laboratory experiment. The number of PS beads in the softbody of the mussels was determined after the exposure phase of 2 hours and after a 48 hours depuration phase in filtered sea water. Depuration in clear water lowered the amount of microplastic in the mussels' softbodies significantly.
Keywords:
blue mussels; Counting, microscope; effects; Experimental treatment; fate; GEOMAR_Pier_Mytilus-spp.; HAND; Identification; Microplastic; Microplastic particle concentration; Microplastic particles; Mytilus spp.; PS; Recovery; Sampling by hand; Species; Time in hours
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 56 data points
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