Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus
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...
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ftunivsiena:oai:usiena-air.unisi.it:11365/1114614 2024-02-11T09:58:45+01:00 Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus Bergami, E. Rota, E. Caruso, T. Birarda, G. Vaccari, L. Corsi, I. Bergami, E. Rota, E. Caruso, T. Birarda, G. Vaccari, L. Corsi, I. 2020 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1114614 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0093 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/32574531 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000544973200001 volume:16 issue:6 firstpage:20200093 journal:BIOLOGY LETTERS http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1114614 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0093 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85087022401 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess expanded foam maritime Antarctic microplastic springtail terrestrial food web µ-FTIR info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftunivsiena https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0093 2024-01-23T23:19:45Z 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 food webs, the collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus. A large piece of polystyrene (PS) foam (34 × 31 × 5 cm) covered by microalgae, moss, lichens and microfauna was found in a fellfield along the shores of the Fildes Peninsula (King George Island). The application of an improved enzymatic digestion coupled with Fourier transform infrared microscopy (µ-FTIR), unequivocally detected traces of PS (less than 100 µm) in the gut of the collembolans associated with the PS foam and documented their ability to ingest plastic. Plastics are thus entering the short Antarctic terrestrial food webs and represent a new potential stressor to polar ecosystems already facing climate change and increasing human activities. Future research should explore the effects of plastics on the composition, structure and functions of polar terrestrial biota. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic antarcticus Cryptopygus antarcticus King George Island Springtail Università degli Studi di Siena: USiena air Antarctic King George Island Fildes ENVELOPE(-58.817,-58.817,-62.217,-62.217) Fildes peninsula ENVELOPE(-58.948,-58.948,-62.182,-62.182) Biology Letters 16 6 20200093 |
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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 food webs, the collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus. A large piece of polystyrene (PS) foam (34 × 31 × 5 cm) covered by microalgae, moss, lichens and microfauna was found in a fellfield along the shores of the Fildes Peninsula (King George Island). The application of an improved enzymatic digestion coupled with Fourier transform infrared microscopy (µ-FTIR), unequivocally detected traces of PS (less than 100 µm) in the gut of the collembolans associated with the PS foam and documented their ability to ingest plastic. Plastics are thus entering the short Antarctic terrestrial food webs and represent a new potential stressor to polar ecosystems already facing climate change and increasing human activities. Future research should explore the effects of plastics on the composition, structure and functions of polar terrestrial biota. |
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Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus |
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Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus |
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Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus |
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Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus |
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Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus |
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plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common antarctic collembolan cryptopygus antarcticus |
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