FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Interactions between polystyrene microplastics and marine phytoplankton lead to species-specific hetero-aggregation
BT 
AF LONG, Marc
   PAUL-PONT, Ika
   HEGARET, Helene
   MORICEAU, Brivaela
   LAMBERT, Christophe
   HUVET, Arnaud
   SOUDANT, Philippe
AS 1:1,2,3;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:1;6:3;7:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-RBE-PFOM-PI;7:;
C1 Inst Univ Europeen Mer, Lab Sci Environm Marin LEMAR, UMR CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER 6539, Technopole Brest Iroise,Rue Dumont dUrville, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Univ Wollongong, Sch Chem, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
   IUEM, LEMAR UMR6539, Technopole Brest Iroise,Rue Dumont dUrville, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
C2 UBO, FRANCE
   UNIV WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-RBE-PFOM-PI
UM LEMAR
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 4.358
TC 231
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00389/50016/50735.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Polystyrene;Microplastic;Aggregates;Microalgae;Marine;Phytoplankton
AB To understand the fate and impacts of microplastics (MP) in the marine ecosystems, it is essential to investigate their interactions with phytoplankton as these may affect MP bioavailability to marine organisms as well as their fate in the water column. However, the behaviour of MP with marine phytoplanktonic cells remains little studied and thus unpredictable. The present study assessed the potential for phytoplankton cells to form hetero-aggregates with small micro-polystyrene (micro-PS) particles depending on microalgal species and physiological status. A prymnesiophycea, Tisochrysis lutea, a dinoflagellate, Heterocapsa triquetra, and a diatom, Chaetoceros neogracile, were exposed to micro-PS (2 μm diameter; 3.96 μg L−1) during their growth culture cycles. Micro-PS were quantified using an innovative flow-cytometry approach, which allowed the monitoring of the micro-PS repartition in microalgal cultures and the distinction between free suspended micro-PS and hetero-aggregates of micro-PS and microalgae. Hetero-aggregation was observed for C. neogracile during the stationary growth phase. The highest levels of micro-PS were “lost” from solution, sticking to flasks, with T. lutea and H. triquetra cultures. This loss of micro-PS sticking to the flask walls increased with the age of the culture for both species. No effects of micro-PS were observed on microalgal physiology in terms of growth and chlorophyll fluorescence. Overall, these results highlight the potential for single phytoplankton cells and residual organic matter to interact with microplastics, and thus potentially influence their distribution and bioavailability in experimental systems and the water column. 
PY 2017
PD SEP
SO Environmental Pollution
SN 0269-7491
PU Elsevier Sci Ltd
VL 228
UT 000405042100048
BP 454
EP 463
DI 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.05.047
ID 50016
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