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ArticleScientific reports2019

Copepod manipulation of oil droplet size distribution.

Marco Uttieri, Ai Nihongi, Peter Hinow, Jeffrey Motschman, Houshuo Jiang, Miquel Alcaraz, J Rudi Strickler

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Oil Droplet Capture by Tunicates.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2025
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7 authors.

Marco UttieriDepartment of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121, Naples, Italy. marco.uttieri@szn.it.ORCID 0000-0001-7026-0156
Ai NihongiSchool of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA.
Peter HinowDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA.
Jeffrey MotschmanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Houshuo JiangApplied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA.
Miquel AlcarazInstitut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08015, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
J Rudi StricklerSchool of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oil spills are one of the most dangerous sources of pollution in aquatic ecosystems. Owing to their pivotal position in the food web, pelagic copepods can provide crucial intermediary transferring oil between trophic levels. In this study we show that the calanoid Paracartia grani can actively modify the size-spectrum of oil droplets. Direct manipulation through the movement of the feeding appendages and egestion work in concert, splitting larger droplets (Ø = 16 µm) into smaller ones (Ø = 4-8 µm). The copepod-driven change in droplet size distribution can increase the availability of oil droplets to organisms feeding on smaller particles, sustaining the transfer of petrochemical compounds among different compartments. These results raise the curtain on complex small-scale interactions which can promote the understanding of oil spills fate in aquatic ecosystems.

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