PMID- 38518575
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240408
LR  - 20240408
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 201
DP  - 2024 Apr
TI  - Detection of plastic, cellulosic micro-fragments and microfibers in Laternula 
      elliptica from King George Island (Maritime Antarctica).
PG  - 116257
LID - S0025-326X(24)00234-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116257 [doi]
AB  - It is generally acknowledged that microplastic pollutants are prevalent in ocean 
      waters and sediments across a range of tropical, temperate, subpolar, and polar 
      regions. The waters surrounding King George Island are significantly impacted by 
      human activities, particularly those related to scientific stations, fishing, and 
      tourism. Organisms, such as Laternula elliptica, can be used as environmental 
      monitors due to the likelihood that they will bioaccumulate pollutants. The goal 
      of this study was to quantify and identify plastic and cellulosic micro-fragments 
      and microfibers present in the soft body of clams (n = 21), collected from Fildes 
      Bay near sewage and wastewater discharges. Plastic and cellulose microfragments 
      and microfibers were counted, and their compositions were determined using FT-IR. 
      All 21 individuals sampled contained fragments and fibers, with a total of 900 
      items detected (42.86 +/- 25.36 mean +/- SD items per individual), or 1.82 items 
      g.wet mass(-1). 58 % of items were cellulose and 22 % plastic. Considering the 
      plastic polymer compositions, 28.57 % were polyethylene terephthalate (PET), 
      21.43 % acrylic, 14.29 % high-density polyethylene (HDPE), 14.29 % Polypropylene 
      (PP), 7.14 % ultra-high drawn polyethylene filament (UHMWPE), 7.14 % polyester 
      and 7.14 % Polyethylene. The quantities and prevalence of MP in L. elliptica were 
      higher than those found in other Antarctic marine species, and even in bivalves 
      from populated regions of the world. Our work assessed the pollution status of L. 
      elliptica near an effluent of wastewater plants and found that 95 % of 
      individuals displayed MP and 100 % microfibers that could impact their 
      population.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Gonzalez-Aravena, Marcelo
AU  - Gonzalez-Aravena M
AD  - Departamento Cientifico, Instituto Antartico Chileno, Plaza Munoz Gamero 1055, 
      Punta Arenas, Chile.
FAU - Rotunno, Carmen
AU  - Rotunno C
AD  - Departamento Cientifico, Instituto Antartico Chileno, Plaza Munoz Gamero 1055, 
      Punta Arenas, Chile; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, 
      Chile.
FAU - Cardenas, Cesar A
AU  - Cardenas CA
AD  - Departamento Cientifico, Instituto Antartico Chileno, Plaza Munoz Gamero 1055, 
      Punta Arenas, Chile; Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and 
      Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Santiago de Chile, Chile.
FAU - Torres, Mariett
AU  - Torres M
AD  - Facultad de Ingenieria, Arquitectura y Diseno, Universidad San Sebastian, Lientur 
      1457, Concepcion, Chile.
FAU - Morley, Simon A
AU  - Morley SA
AD  - British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK.
FAU - Hurley, Jessica
AU  - Hurley J
AD  - British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK; 
      Department of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
FAU - Caro-Lara, Luis
AU  - Caro-Lara L
AD  - Unidad de Proyectos y Medio Ambiente, Instituto Antartico Chileno, Plaza Munoz 
      Gamero 1055, Punta Arenas, Chile.
FAU - Pozo, Karla
AU  - Pozo K
AD  - Facultad de Ingenieria, Arquitectura y Diseno, Universidad San Sebastian, Lientur 
      1457, Concepcion, Chile; RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 
      Kotlarska 2, Brno, Czechia.
FAU - Galban, Cristobal
AU  - Galban C
AD  - GEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Universidad Mayor, Camino La 
      Piramide 5780, Huechuraba, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
FAU - Rondon, Rodolfo
AU  - Rondon R
AD  - Departamento Cientifico, Instituto Antartico Chileno, Plaza Munoz Gamero 1055, 
      Punta Arenas, Chile. Electronic address: rrondon@inach.cl.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240321
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Wastewater)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
RN  - 9004-34-6 (Cellulose)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Humans
MH  - Plastics
MH  - Antarctic Regions
MH  - Wastewater
MH  - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - *Bivalvia
MH  - Polyethylene
MH  - Cellulose
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Contaminant of emerging concern
OT  - Microplastics
OT  - Mollusk
OT  - Pollution
OT  - Western Antarctic Peninsula
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2024/03/23 05:42
MHDA- 2024/04/08 06:43
CRDT- 2024/03/22 19:12
PHST- 2024/02/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/02/27 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/03/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/04/08 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/03/23 05:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/03/22 19:12 [entrez]
AID - S0025-326X(24)00234-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116257 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2024 Apr;201:116257. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116257. Epub 
      2024 Mar 21.