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Cite This: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 14480−14486
Uptake, Whole-Body Distribution, and Depuration of Nanoplastics by the Scallop Pecten maximus at Environmentally Realistic Concentrations Maya Al-Sid-Cheikh,*,† Steve J. Rowland,‡ Karen Stevenson,§ Claude Rouleau,∥ Theodore B. Henry,⊥ and Richard C. Thompson*,† †
School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom § Charles River, Elpinstone Research Centre, Elphinstone, Tranent EH33 2NE, United Kingdom ∥ Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER), Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec Canada G5L 3A1 ⊥ Institute of Life and Earth Sciences Heriot-Watt University, John Muir Building, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
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ABSTRACT: Previous studies of uptake and effects of nanoplastics by marine organisms have been conducted at what may be unrealistically high concentrations. This is a consequence of the analytical challenges in tracking plastic particles in organisms at environmentally relevant concentrations and highlights the need for new approaches. Here, we present pulse exposures of 14C-radiolabeled nanopolystyrene to a commercially important mollusk, Pecten maximus, at what have been predicted to be environmentally relevant concentrations (
