Selective Ingestion and Egestion of Plastic Particles by the Blue Mussel (<i>Mytilus edulis</i>) and Eastern Oyster (<i>Crassostrea virginica</i>): Implications for Using Bivalves as Bioindicators of Microplastic Pollution

Evan Ward, J.; Zhao, Shiye; A. Holohan, Bridget; Mladinich, Kayla; W. Griffin, Tyler; Wozniak, Jennifer; E. Shumway, Sandra

doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b02073

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Selective Ingestion and Egestion of Plastic Particles by the Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) and Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica): Implications for Using Bivalves as Bioindicators of Microplastic Pollution

Published in Environmental Science & Technology • Jul 15, 2019

Authors:

J. Evan Ward

Shiye Zhao

Bridget A. Holohan

Abstract

, were offered variously sized polystyrene microspheres (diameters 19-1000 μm) and nylon microfibers (lengths 75-1075 × diameter 30 μm), and the proportion of each rejected in pseudofeces and egested in feces was determined. For both species, the proportion of microspheres rejected increased from ca...

Subject

Mytilus

Crassostrea

Bioindicator

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