Can short exposure to polyethylene microplastics change tadpoles’ behavior? A study conducted with neotropical tadpole species belonging to order anura (Physalaemus cuvieri)

2020/01/31 by Amanda Pereira da Costa Araújo, Guilherme Malafaia · 3 citations
Environmental Science · Materials Science · #Amphibian #Biology #Ecology #Ecotoxicology #Microplastics #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications #Pollutant #Predation #Tadpole (physics) #Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122214

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Citations

• The open field as a paradigm to measure the effects of drugs on anxiety-like behaviors: a review
• Microplastics cause neurotoxicity, oxidative damage and energy-related changes and interact with the bioaccumulation of mercury in the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Are we eating the world's megafauna to extinction?

Cited by

• Plastic pollution: A focus on freshwater biodiversity
• Differential effects of microplastic exposure on anuran tadpoles: A still underrated threat to amphibian conservation?
• Plastic pollution [wikipedia]