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Oyster reproduction is affected by exposure to polystyrene microplastics

(Submitter supplied) Plastics are persistent synthetic polymers that accumulate in the marine environment as waste. Microplastic (MP) particles are derived from the breakdown of larger debris or can enter the environment as microscopic fragments. Filter-feeder organisms ingest MP while feeding and are likely to be impacted by MP pollution. To assess the impact of polystyrene microspheres (PS) on the physiology of the Pacific oyster, adult oysters were experimentally exposed to virgin micro-PS (2 and 6 µm in diameter; 32 µg L-1) for two months during a reproductive cycle. more...
Organism:
Magallana gigas
Type:
Expression profiling by array
Platform:
GPL11353
59 Samples
Download data: TXT
Series
Accession:
GSE71845
ID:
200071845

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