Publication detail
Effects of microplastics to aquatic environment
PROCHÁZKOVÁ, P. ZLÁMALOVÁ GARGOŠOVÁ, H.
Original Title
Effects of microplastics to aquatic environment
Type
article in a collection out of WoS and Scopus
Language
English
Original Abstract
Plastics with their pervasive distribution are gradually becoming a global threat to the environment. Plastic items undergo slow degradation and fragmentation to smaller particles called microplastics. Microplastics can be defined as solid synthetic particles or polymer matrices with regular or irregular shape and with a size in the range of 1 µm to 5 mm. These particles are insoluble in water. The contamination of microplastic particles occurs across all ecosystems at different trophic levels. Microplastics may have direct ecotoxicological effects as well as vector effects through the adsorption of co-contaminants. These days, we deal with influence of PHB microparticles to aquatic organism Daphnia magna via acute and reproductive ecotoxicity tests.
Keywords
microplastics, PHB, ecotoxicity
Authors
PROCHÁZKOVÁ, P.; ZLÁMALOVÁ GARGOŠOVÁ, H.
Released
18. 2. 2021
Publisher
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences
Location
Ljubljana
ISBN
978-961-7112-02-3
Book
Socratic lectures: 4th International Minisymposium, Ljubljana, December 11.-12., 2020
Pages from
2
Pages to
6
Pages count
5
URL
Full text in the Digital Library
BibTex
@inproceedings{BUT169673,
author="Petra {Procházková} and Helena {Zlámalová Gargošová}",
title="Effects of microplastics to aquatic environment",
booktitle="Socratic lectures: 4th International Minisymposium, Ljubljana, December 11.-12., 2020",
year="2021",
pages="2--6",
publisher="University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences",
address="Ljubljana",
isbn="978-961-7112-02-3",
url="https://www.zf.uni-lj.si/images/stories/datoteke/Zalozba/Sokratska_2021.pdf"
}