Quantifying microplastic ingestion, degradation and excretion in insects using fluorescent plastics

ABSTRACT: Standardized methods of microplastic (MP) quantification are needed to understand how plastics affect animals and target conservation efforts. Here, we bring together approaches that together allow for reproducible quantification of fluorescent MPs, a useful tool in quantifying plastic degradation in, and plastic effects on, animals in the laboratory. Abstract Plastic pollution is a growing threat to our natural environment. Plastic waste/pollution results from high emissions of both macro (>5 mm) and microplastics (MPs; <5 mm) as well as environmental fractioning of macroplastics into MPs. MPs have been shown to have a range of negative impacts on biota. Harmonized methods to accurately measure and count MPs from animal samples are limited, but what methods exist are not ideal for a contr

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10425969 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature