Publication Date:
2023-02-12
Description:
Adult blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) were exposed to microplastic particles in a controlled laboratory experiment. During the first hour of exposure the decrease of particles (algae or PS beads) was recorded every 15 min. The particle concentration is given in particles per milliliter and as a percentage of the starting concentration.
Keywords:
blue mussels; Counting, microscope; effects; fate; GEOMAR_Pier_Mytilus-spp.; HAND; Identification; Microplastic; Mytilus spp.; Number percentage; Particle concentration; PS; Sample type; Sampling by hand; Species; Time in minutes
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 480 data points
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