Effect of suspended microplastics on larval survival of the cold-water scleractinian coral Desmophyllum pertusum ...

We report the results of a short-term experiment testing the effects of microplastics (MP) on the larvae of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum (syn. Lophelia pertusa). The experiment was conducted at the Tjärnö Marine Laboratory Facilities (University of Gothenburg, Sweden). To simulate MP p...

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Main Authors: Sire de Vilar, Anaïs, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Rakka, Maria, Pham, Christopher Kim, Pereira, João Miguel, Strömberg, Susanna M, Larsson, Ann I
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: PANGAEA 2024
Subjects:
Cnidaria
Cold water corals
Deep sea
Laboratory experiment
larvae
Lophelia pertusa
Microplastics
North Atlantic
scleractinians
Species
Species, unique identification URI
Species, unique identification Semantic URI
Treatment
Replicate
Experiment duration
Survival
Remote operated vehicle
Visual identification
Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time iAtlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.964195
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.964195
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Summary:We report the results of a short-term experiment testing the effects of microplastics (MP) on the larvae of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum (syn. Lophelia pertusa). The experiment was conducted at the Tjärnö Marine Laboratory Facilities (University of Gothenburg, Sweden). To simulate MP pollution, we used 6 μm yellow-green fluorescent polystyrene microbeads (catalog no: 17156, Polysciences). The experimental design consisted of three treatments: control treatment with (1) no MP addition (0 MP/mL), (2) addition of 1000 pristine MP/mL, and (3) addition of 1000 biofouled MP/mL. Larvae were exposed to the different treatments in 75 mL culture flasks mounted on a rotating plankton wheel to keep sediments in suspension. After a 24-hour period, the potential impact of MP on larval survival was analyzed. ...

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