ACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE BIVALVE MOLLUSC UNIO TUMIDUS UNDER EXPERIMENTAL AND FIELD EXPOSURES
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/sbi.1604.694
Abstract
Background. An increased production and widespread use of plastics have made microplastic (MP) pollution a serious environmental problem. Most of MP found in the marine environment comes from rivers, however, the freshwater pollution by MP is less studied. Filter-feeding organisms, like bivalve molluscs, are the primary target organisms for MP. Nevertheless, the studies of MP accumulation in the bivalves mainly focus on the marine species and depend on expensive equipment. The goal of this study was to detect the presence of MP in the body of freshwater bivalve mollusc Unio tumidus from a typical field site in Western Ukraine and under laboratory sub-chronic exposure to microplastic at a typical concentration for freshwater.
Materials and Methods. For the study, we exposed molluscs to waterborne MP (0.1–0.5 mm) in the concentration of 1.0 mg L-1 corresponding to ~850 items L-1 for 14 days and analysed the concentration of MP in the soft tissues and water every two days. The molluscs and water from the field site, confirmed as polluted one, were also analysed. To estimate the number of MP particles, we used a modified method based on the cleavage of biological materials with potassium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide and microscopic analysis of MP after the staining with fluorescent Nile Red dye.
Results. The MP concentration in the soft tissues of the specimens from the reference site was 9.5 items per soft body and demonstrated a bell-shaped response curve throughout the 14-days exposure with maximum of 327.0 items per body on the 10th day and a negative correlation with the concentration of MP in the experimental tank that changed within the range of 590–790 items L-1. The level of MP in the field specimens from the polluted area was 76.5 items per body, and in the water, it was about 103 items L-1. The maximum MP abundance factor, calculated as CFi = Ci/C0 (utilising the value 9.5 as C0), was 83.18 and 8.05 for 10 days of exposure and field specimens, correspondingly.
Conclusion. These data indicate the high accumulative ability of U. tumidus towards microplastics and draw attention to the utilizing of this species for the biomonitoring of microplastics pollution and depuration of surface waters from it.
Keywords
microplastics, Unio tumidus, accumulation, microscopy, Nile Red
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