TY  - CHAP
A1  - Scherer, Christian
A1  - Weber, Annkatrin
A1  - Lambert, Scott
A1  - Wagner, Martin
A2  - Wagner, Martin
A2  - Lambert, Scott
T1  - Interactions of microplastics with freshwater biota
T2  - Martin Wagner ; Scott Lambert (Hrsg.): Freshwater microplastics : emerging environmental contaminants?, The handbook of environmental chemistry ; 58
N2  - The ubiquitous detection of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems promotes the concern for adverse impacts on freshwater ecosystems. The wide variety of material types, sizes, shapes, and physicochemical properties renders interactions with biota via multiple pathways probable.
So far, our knowledge about the uptake and biological effects of microplastics comes from laboratory studies, applying simplified exposure regimes (e.g., one polymer and size, spherical shape, high concentrations) often with limited environmental relevance. However, the available data illustrates species- and material-related interactions and highlights that microplastics represent a multifaceted stressor. Particle-related toxicities will be driven by polymer type, size, and shape. Chemical toxicity is driven by the adsorption-desorption kinetics of additives and pollutants. In addition, microbial colonization, the formation of hetero-aggregates, and the evolutionary adaptations of the biological receptor further increase the complexity of microplastics as stressors. Therefore, the aim of this chapter is to synthesize and critically revisit these aspects based on the state of the science in freshwater research. Where unavailable we supplement this with data on marine biota. This provides an insight into the direction of future research.
In this regard, the challenge is to understand the complex interactions of biota and plastic materials and to identify the toxicologically most relevant characteristics of the plethora of microplastics. Importantly, as the direct biological impacts of natural particles may be similar, future research needs to benchmark synthetic against natural materials. Finally, given the scale of the research question, we need a multidisciplinary approach to understand the role of microplastics in a multiple-particle world.
KW  - Autecology
KW  - Feeding types
KW  - Microplastic-biota interaction
KW  - Polymers
KW  - Suspended solids
KW  - Vector
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45179
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-451796
SN  - 978-3-319-61614-8
SN  - 978-3-319-61615-5
SN  - 3-319-61614-5
SN  - 1867-979X
SN  - 1616-864X
N1  - © The Author(s) 2018. Open Access: This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.
SP  - 153
EP  - 180
PB  - Springer International Publishing AG
CY  - Cham, Switzerland
ER  -