ArticleCommunications biology2021
Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species.
Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Occurrence, transport, and toxicity of microplastics in tropical food chains: perspectives view and way forward.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2024Pooled it
- Microplastic content of over-the-counter toothpastes - a systematic review.F1000Research · 2023Pooled it
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- Ferroptosis and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Triggered by Environmentally Relevant Nanoscale Polypropylene Plastics in Human Intestinal Models.ACS environmental Au · 2026Article
- From Enrichment to Fate: Transport, Transformation, and Fate of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Marine Environments.Toxics · 2026Review
- A step towards microlitter risk assessment: modelling microlitter storage potential of the UK seabed.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2025Article
- Comparison of the Uptake of Tire Particles via Suspension and Surface Deposit Feeding in the Estuarine AmphipodEnvironmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Potential of Marine Biomolecules: Advances in Extraction and Applications of Proteins, Polysaccharides, and Antioxidant Compounds.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Microplastic exposure is associated with epigenomic effects in the model organism Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow).The Journal of heredity · 2025Article
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- Microplastics alter the functioning of marine microbial ecosystems.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Efficient removal of nanoplastics from industrial wastewater through synergetic electrophoretic deposition and particle-stabilized foam formation.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Active prophages in coral-associated Halomonas capable of lateral transduction.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Anti-oxidant and anti-apoptotic effects of royal jelly against polystyrene microplastic-induced testicular injury in mice.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2024Article
- Effects of microplastic and heavy metals on coral reefs: A new window for analytical research.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Editorial: The physiological response of aquatic invertebrates to pollution.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Microplastics: impacts on corals and other reef organisms.Emerging topics in life sciences · 2022Article
- Micro-Nano Plastic in the Aquatic Environment: Methodological Problems and Challenges.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Microplastics are recognised as a potential global threat to marine ecosystems, but the biological mechanisms determining their impact on marine life are still largely unknown. Here, we investigated the effects of microplastics on the red coral, a long-lived habitat-forming organism belonging to the Corallium genus, which is present at almost all latitudes from shallow-water to deep-sea habitats. When exposed to microplastics, corals preferentially ingest polypropylene, with multiple biological effects, from feeding impairment to mucus production and altered gene expression. Microplastics can alter the coral microbiome directly and indirectly by causing tissue abrasions that allow the proliferation of opportunistic bacteria. These multiple effects suggest that microplastics at the concentrations present in some marine areas and predicted for most oceans in the coming decades, can ultimately cause coral death. Other habitat-forming suspension-feeding species are likely subjected to similar impacts, which may act synergistically with climate-driven events primarily responsible for mass mortalities.
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