Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus

• Published in: Biology Letters
• Main Authors: Bergami, Elisa, Rota, Emilia, Caruso, Tancredi, Birarda, Giovanni, Vaccari, Lisa, Corsi, Ilaria
• Other Authors: Italian National Antarctic Program, Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium - European Research Infrastructure Consortium
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; King George Island; Antarc*; antarcticus; Cryptopygus antarcticus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0093; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0093; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0093

There is evidence and serious concern that microplastics have reached the most remote regions of the planet, but how far have they travelled in terrestrial ecosystems? This study presents the first field-based evidence of plastic ingestion by a common and central component of Antarctic terrestrial f...