Currently monitored microplastics pose negligible ecological risk to the global ocean.
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SUBMITTER: Beiras R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7746749 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
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Currently monitored microplastics pose negligible ecological risk to the global ocean.
Beiras Ricardo R Schönemann Alexandre M AM
Scientific reports 20201217 1
Given the rise in plastic production, microplastics (MP) dominate marine debris, and their impact on marine ecosystems will likely increase. However a global quantitative assessment of this risk is still lacking. We conducted an ecological risk assessment of MP in the global ocean by comparing the thresholds of biological effects with the probability of exposure to those concentrations, according to plastic density data adjusted to a log-normal distribution. Levels of MP from 100 to 5000 µm span ...[more]
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