Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of microplastics in marine organisms: A review and meta-analysis of current data.

ABSTRACT: Microplastic (MP) contamination has been well documented across a range of habitats and for a large number of organisms in the marine environment. Consequently, bioaccumulation, and in particular biomagnification of MPs and associated chemical additives, are often inferred to occur in marine food webs. Presented here are the results of a systematic literature review to examine whether current, published findings support the premise that MPs and associated chemical additives bioaccumulate and biomagnify across a general marine food web. First, field and laboratory-derived contamination data on marine species were standardised by sample size from a total of 116 publications. Second, following assignment of each species to one of five main trophic levels, the average uptake of MPs and of asso

SUBMITTER: Miller ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7567360 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature