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Fate of Nanoplastics in Marine Larvae: A Case Study Using Barnacles, Amphibalanus amphitrite Samarth Bhargava, Serina Siew Chen Lee, Lynette Shu Min Ying, Mei Lin Neo, Serena Lay-Ming Teo, and Suresh Valiyaveettil ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/ acssuschemeng.8b00766 • Publication Date (Web): 21 Mar 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on March 22, 2018

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Fate of Nanoplastics in Marine Larvae: A Case Study Using

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Barnacles, Amphibalanus amphitrite

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Samarth Bhargavaa, Serina Siew Chen Leeb, Lynette Shu Min Yingb, Mei Lin Neob, Serena

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Lay-Ming Teob*, Suresh Valiyaveettila,*

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Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543 b

St. John's Island National Marine Laboratory, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National

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University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119227

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*Email: [email protected], [email protected]

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Abstract:

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The exposure of nanoplastics was investigated by observing their interaction with

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Amphibalanus amphitrite (commonly known as acorn barnacles). Poly(methyl methacrylate)

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(PMMA) and fluorescent perylene tetraester (PTE) dye were used to prepare highly

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fluorescent nanoplastic particles. At concentrations of 25 ppm, the PMMA particles showed

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no detrimental impact on barnacle larvae and their microalgae feed, Tetraselmis suecica and

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Chaetoceros muelleri. PMMA nanoplastics were ingested and translocated inside the body of

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the barnacle nauplii within the first 3 hours of incubation. The fluorescent PMMA particles

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inside the transparent nauplius were tracked using confocal fluorescence microscopy.

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Subsequently, the nanoplastics were fed to the barnacles under two conditions – acute and

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chronic exposure. The results from acute exposure show that nanoplastics persist in the body

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throughout stages of growth and development – from nauplius to cyprid and juvenile barnacle.

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Some egestion of nanoplastics was observed through moulting and faecal excrement. In

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comparison, chronic exposure demonstrates bioaccumulation of the nanoplastics even at low

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concentrations of the plastics. The impacts of our study using PMMA nanoparticles exceeds

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current knowledge, where most studies stop at uptake and ingestion. Here we demonstrate

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that uptake of nanoparticles during planktonic larval stages may persists to the adult stages,

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indicating potential for the long term impacts of nanoplastics on sessile invertebrate

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communities.

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Keywords: Microplastics, Nanoplastics, Marine Pollution, Barnacles, Fluorescent particles,

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Poly(methyl methacrylate)

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Introduction

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Globally, plastic waste materials have caused significant pollution in both lands and oceans.1

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Plastics with sizes smaller than 5 mm used as exfoliants in cosmetics and healthcare products

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are usually referred to as primary microplastics. Common plastic articles undergo degradation

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or weathering over time in nature to produce smaller sized particles, referred to as secondary

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microplastics by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).2 Such plastic

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particles and microbeads have been accumulating in our environment and starting to show

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adverse health effects on different marine animals.3-5 Recently, microplastics have been

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found in various marine organisms ranging from barnacles, bivalves to fish.6

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Bioaccumulation of these plastic pollutants in such animals led to a transfusion and buildup

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in the food chain.7 Attempts to understand the source and fate of microplastic particles inside

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living organisms have gained significant attention owing to the potential impacts on human

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health, contamination of food supply and the environment.5-6, 8-10

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Few groups have investigated the presence of microplastics with a size range of 1 µm – 5

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mm,2, 5-6, 11-16 but even fewer data are available on the influence of smaller nanoplastics (1 nm

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– 1 µm)17-19 on marine animals. There is mounting evidence to show that numerous marine

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organisms such as plankton, fish and seabirds are readily consuming microplastic particles. A

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study in 2016 along the eastern coast of Brazil demonstrated and highlighted that edible fish

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were ingesting microplastics at rapid rates: 33% by the Brazilian sharpnose shark and 62.5%

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by the king mackerel.20 As many as 22% of the marine fish studied had plastic pellets (size 1

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to 5 mm) in their stomachs. Researchers have found up to 9,200 particles of microplastics per

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cubic meter of seawater in the coastal seas of Vancouver, Canada.21 While the focus of

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studies has mostly been on microplastics, few have investigated the effects of nanoplastics on

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marine organisms. The handful of studies focused on the toxicity and lethal effects of metal-

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based nanoparticles on the physiology, survivorship, and growth of various organisms such as

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zebrafish, barnacles, bivalves, and human cell line.

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potential effects of polymer-based nanoparticles on marine organisms. Nanoparticles, owing

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to their smaller size, are easily absorbed into cells and tissues. For this study, we focused on

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examining the ingestion, translocation and egestion of polymer-nanoparticles (ca < 200 nm in

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diameter) by the acorn barnacle, Amphibalanus amphitrite, larvae model under controlled

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environmental conditions.

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Few studies have explored the

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The acorn barnacle larvae were selected for our studies owing to their transparent body, a

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short developmental period of seven days from larval stage to settlement onto substrata, and a

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well-established culture protocol.27-29 In this study, we used poly(methyl methacrylate)

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(PMMA), which is widely used in the manufacturing of paints, contact lenses, resins and in

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acrylic glasses,30 for preparing nanoplastic particles. The ease of processing and low toxicity

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makes PMMA an ideal polymer for testing the impact of nanoplastic particles inside the

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larvae.31 The present study investigates the potential toxicity on the larvae and, its microalgae

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feeds, as well as the ingestion, translocation and egestion of fluorescent PMMA nanoparticles

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through various stages of larval development of barnacle, A. amphitrite.

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Materials and Methods

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Preparation of Perylene Tetrabutyl Ester (PTE) Loaded PMMA Nanoplastics:

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Nanoplastics were prepared by using an established nanoprecipitation technique.32-35 The

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fluorescent dye, PTE was synthesized according to a reported procedure.36 To synthesize

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nanoparticles, a stock solution of PMMA (400 mg, MW: 15,000), SDS (7.7 mg, 26.6 µmol)

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and PTE (17.4 mg, 26.6 µmol) was prepared in acetone (100 mL). Appropriate amounts of

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this solution (5 mL) were diluted with ultra-pure water (50 mL) and stirred for 18 hours to

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remove excess acetone. The solution was filtered to obtain the nanoparticles and

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characterized using a range of techniques. The hydrodynamic size in DI water and

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morphology of the nanoplastics were determined using dynamic light scattering (DLS) and

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scanning electron microscope (SEM), respectively. The photophysical properties were

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characterized by ultra-violet and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Zeta potential and

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conductivity of the microplastic dispersion were measured using a zetasizer. The dispersed

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nanoplastic solutions were stable in DI water for 6 months. On addition of nanoplastics to

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seawater, the change in ionic strength led to flocculation of nanoplastic particles at

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concentrations above 50 ppm.

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Collection and Spawning of Barnacle Larvae: Acorn barnacles, A. amphitrite were

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collected during a low tide from intertidal mudflat at Kranji, Singapore (N1°26′18″,

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E103°45′25″). Under laboratory conditions, the barnacles released stage II nauplii. The

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phototactic stage II nauplii were concentrated by shining light through a transparent window

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in the spawning container and were collected using a pipette.28 The collected nauplii were

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transferred to 1 µm filtered seawater (FSW) at 27 Practical Salinity Unit (PSU) and counted

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Biological Studies: All assays were done in triplicates and average values are reported.

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Toxicity Assays of Nanoplastics Using Barnacle Larvae: The aim of the toxicity assays

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was to ascertain a sub-lethal concentration range of nanoplastics in the water column to

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enable further growth experiments. To test the potential toxicity of nanoplastics on barnacle

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larvae, stage II nauplii, were exposed to PMMA particles at concentrations of 5, 10 and 25

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ppm over a period of 24 hours. For each treatment level, 30 nauplii were added to every 2

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mL-glass vials (n = 3), and the appropriate volumes of PMMA nanoparticle stock solution

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(50 – 250 µL, 100 ppm) were added and topped up to a final test volume of 1 mL using clean

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FSW. The addition of PMMA nanoparticles had altered the salinities of solutions, hence,

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respective controls for each concentration were included in the experiments. Control

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solutions were prepared with comparable salinities but contained no PMMA. The vials were

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gently swirled, maintained at room temperature, and incubated for 24 hours. At the end of

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experiments, test solutions were transferred onto a Bogorov tray, followed by counting of

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living and dead nauplii using a stereomicroscope. Mortality counts were used to determine

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the relative toxicity of the nanoplastics to nauplii.

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Interaction of Nanoplastics with Microalgae: The growth and development of barnacle

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larvae require addition of microalgae as a feed.38-39 Even if microalgae do not assimilate the

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PMMA nanoparticles, the presence of such light-absorbing particles may influence the

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growth and proliferation of the algal cells in the medium. Thus, it is necessary to understand

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the effects of the nanoplastic particles on microalgae. The growth of the algal cultures,

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Tetraselmis suecica (CSIRO CS-187) and Chaetoceros muelleri (CSIRO CS-176), in f/2

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media, was monitored over 24 hours by exposing them to different concentrations of PMMA

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nanoparticle solutions.40

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Each microalgal stock solution was diluted to an approximate concentration of ca 100,000

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cells/mL. Five 1 mL aliquots of microalgal stock solutions were exposed to each nanoplastic

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concentrations of 0, 5, 10 and 25 ppm in 24 well plates. Control experiments comprised the

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respective microalgae stock solution with no PMMA particles and were used to determine the

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actual initial microalgal count by averaging the counts present in a 1 µL volume, using a

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Sedgwick Rafter. Samples were grown and incubated in f/2 media at 24°C and 33 PSU under

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a 12:12 hours light-dark cycle. The algal cells were observed under a confocal microscope

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(Olympus FV1000) to observe intake and interaction between algae and nanoplastics.


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Rapid Uptake of Nanoplastic Particles by Barnacle Nauplii: The continuous uptake of

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nanoplastics over time was studied at regular intervals of 45 minutes. Freshly spawned stage

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II nauplii were collected in a beaker containing clean FSW (200 mL) and stocked at a density

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of 38 nauplii/mL. PMMA nanoparticle solution (400 ppm) was added to the media with

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nauplii and the resultant solution was topped up with FSW to a volume of 250 mL to achieve

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a nanoplastic concentration of 25 ppm with a stocking density of 30 nauplii/mL. The solution

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was incubated at room temperature (25 °C). Samples (50 mL) of nauplii suspension were

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collected at four-time intervals (45, 90, 135 and 180 minutes), filtered, washed, and re-

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suspended in 50 mL FSW. The washed nauplii were fixed using 1% glutaraldehyde solution

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and imaged using a confocal microscope to visualize the presence and distribution of PMMA

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nanoplastics.

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Translocation of Nanoplastics within Barnacle Nauplii: To find out if the barnacle nauplii

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retain the nanoplastic particles within their bodies, 7,500 larvae were incubated with PMMA

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nanoplastics (25 ppm) for 3 hours. Nauplii were washed thoroughly with FSW to remove the

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remaining nanoplastic particles and maintained in clean FSW for further observations. The

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presence and distribution of nanoplastics inside the nauplii were monitored at 30, 75, 105,

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135, 165 and 180 minutes post-washing using a confocal microscope. Subsequently, the

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movement of nanoplastics inside the nauplii was continuously monitored at every 3 hours for

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a period of 24 hours (SI5). At 24 hours, a z-stack confocal image was also recorded to obtain

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a three-dimensional distribution of nanoplastics inside the nauplii body (AVI, Supporting

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Information).

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Effect of Acute and Chronic Exposure of Nanoplastics to Barnacle Larval Development:

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The effect of PMMA nanoplastics exposure time on barnacle nauplii was investigated under

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two conditions: acute and chronic exposure. Acute exposure is defined as exposure to a pulse

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of high concentration of nanoplastics over a short time interval, whereas chronic exposure is

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defined as a continuous exposure to a low dose concentration of nanoplastic solution

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throughout the entire life cycle of the organism. All experiments were run concurrently with a

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control (i.e. the absence of nanoplastics) under identical growth conditions.

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In a typical experiment, freshly spawned stage II nauplii were collected and divided into three

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batches for each treatment. For the controls, nauplii were stocked at 3 larvae/mL in 800 mL

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FSW and reared on a diet of an algal mixture of 1: 1 v/v of Tetraselmis suecica and

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nauplii were concentrated at a density of 30 larvae/mL in 500 mL FSW and mixed with 25

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ppm of PMMA nanoparticle solution (400 ppm) and incubated for 3 hours at room

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temperature. After the incubation period, nauplii were filtered and washed thoroughly with

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excess FSW. The washed nauplii were restocked at 3 larvae/mL in 800 mL FSW and reared

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with the same feed regime as controls described earlier. For chronic exposure, nauplii were

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prepared and reared under the same conditions as controls, in presence of PMMA

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nanoplastics dosed at 1 ppm every two days.

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Nauplii of respective treatments were individually filtered through 50 µm mesh to remove

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faeces and uneaten feed, then re-suspended in clean FSW (800 mL) containing fresh

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microalgae feed once every two days until the end of the feeding experiments (i.e. 5 days).

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Fresh nanoparticle solutions of 1 ppm were added only to the chronic exposure experiments.

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On this feed regime, nauplii larvae metamorphosed into cyprids within five days and into

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juveniles within seven days.

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Samples were collected at the following time points, T = 0 (before exposure to nanoplastics),

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T = 2 days (Stage III nauplii), T = 5 days (cyprids), T = 7 days (settled barnacle juveniles).

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During collection of cyprids, moults and faecal matter were also collected from three

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treatments (control, acute and chronic conditions). Cyprids collected on day 5 were filtered

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through 50 µm mesh, washed with clean FSW prior to being distributed into 35 mm petri

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dishes, allowed to settle and metamorphosed into juveniles over the next two days. During

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the settlement period all the juveniles were maintained in FSW in the absence of feed and

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nanoplastics.

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Imaging of Specimens

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Sample Preparation

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To examine the effects of PMMA nanoplastics on the growth and development of barnacle

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larvae, various life stages of barnacle life cycle were recorded; nauplii stage III (2 days),

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cyprid (5 days) and juvenile (7 days). Faecal matter and moults were also collected and

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analyzed from the same experiment. All samples were sieved through a 50 µm mesh, washed

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with fresh FSW, re-suspended in FSW, fixed with 1% v/v glutaraldehyde solution and stored

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at 4°C before imaging with confocal microscopy. Prior to imaging, samples were brought to

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room temperature and transferred into Petri dishes. All samples were imaged with an

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Imaging Methods: Imaging of the PMMA nanoplastic distribution and retention inside the

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nauplii (Supporting Information, Figure S5) was conducted using an inverted microscope

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(Olympus BX51) with a mercury lamp as light source. Samples were focused on bright field

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mode and images were recorded using Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) mode with

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green fluorescence filter (filter cube: U-MGFPHQ, Ex: 460 – 480 nm, Em: 495 – 540 nm).

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MetaMorph 9.0 software was used for recording the images. The exposure for all samples

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was kept constant. Overlays of the images were also made to visualize the nanoplastic

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particle distribution.

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The collected samples of various larval stages of nauplii were analyzed using a confocal

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microscope (Olympus FV1000). All samples were imaged with reference to a control batch

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which was not exposed to nanoplastic particles. Laser power, magnification and brightness of

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the samples were preset to ensure minimum background noise. Z-stacks of samples were

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recorded to obtain a layer by layer profile of nanoplastics ingested-nauplii. For each larval

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stage, at least 10 unique z-stacks were recorded. Images were recorded in DIC and FITC

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mode. The excitation wavelength of the laser used was at 473 nm and emission signals were

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processed with a (Sharp-cut Dichroic Mirror) SDM560 filter.

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Analysis of Images: Images from the confocal microscope were qualitatively analyzed to

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determine relative fluorescence from the nauplii. To enhance the fluorescence intensity of

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images, the z-stack images were processed using Olympus Fluoview Ver. 4.2a Viewer. The

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signal saturation of all samples was adjusted in an identical manner to obtain a clear

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qualitative analysis of nanoplastic localization. FluoView and MetaMorph were also used to

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automatically introduce scale bars into the recorded images.

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Statistical Analyses: To determine the toxicity of PMMA nanoparticles to barnacle nauplii,

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the mean percent survivorship from each PMMA treatment were compared with their

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corresponding salinity adjusted controls using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The

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toxicity of PMMA across different concentrations was also evaluated separately using one-

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way ANOVA. Similarly, the effects of PMMA nanoparticles on the mean cell count of each

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microalgae species were compared using one-way ANOVA.

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Results and Discussion:

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Preparation and Characterization of Nanoplastic Particles: The nanoparticles of PMMA

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incorporated with PTE dye were synthesized using nanoprecipitation. PMMA nanoplastic

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3 nm, -35.1 ± 0.4 mV and 0.0188 ± 0.0010 µScm-1, respectively, were obtained in large

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quantities. The fluorescent hydrophobic PTE dye was stabilized inside the PMMA particle.

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The photophysical properties of the PMMA particles were determined using Uv-Vis and

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photoluminescence spectroscopy (Figure 1A). The absorption maxima of the PTE dye

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molecules inside the PMMA particles were at 450 and 470 nm, and emission maximum was

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at 565 nm. The shape of absorption maxima and intensity of emission from the encapsulated

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PTE (Figure 1A) indicates no aggregation of dye molecules inside the particles. Precipitation

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of PTE alone in the absence of polymer led to the formation of rod-shaped particles, which

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showed weak fluorescence. This is expected due to the aggregation induced quenching of

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fluorescence from the dye molecules. For comparison, the spectra of a dilute solution of PTE

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in acetone and solid precipitated from solution are provided in the Supporting Information,

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Figure S1. The particle size distribution of the nanoplastics in DI water and sea water were

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also measured after dilution and incubation for 24 hours at a concentration of 25 ppm (Figure

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1C, 1D). The particles dispersed in DI water exhibited an average particle of 160 nm whereas

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the size of particles dispersed in FSW was measured to be ~600 nm.

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Figure 1: (A) Absorption (-●-) and emission (-▲-) spectra and (B) zeta potential of PMMA

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nanoparticle solution. DLS curves of PMMA nanoplastics measured at 25 ppm in DI water (C) and

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filtered sea water (D).


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Toxicity of PMMA Nanoplastics on Barnacle Nauplii: To assess the toxicity, around 30

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nauplii were placed in separate glass vials were exposed to PMMA particles at 5, 10 and 25

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ppm concentrations and incubated for 24 hours. For each concentration, triplicate

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measurements were done and the average value is reported. Appropriate controls were also

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carried out to validate our data. The mortality count was used to determine the relative

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toxicity of the polymer nanoparticles. No significant differences in toxicity were detected for

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all concentrations of PMMA nanoplastics investigated, as compared to their corresponding

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salinity-adjusted controls (Table S1). The proportions of larvae that survived were relatively

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high, i.e. >80% (Figure 2), suggesting that PMMA had no obvious toxicity on the nauplii. In

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addition, when only PMMA concentrations were compared, there were no significant

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differences in mean percent survivorship (ANOVA, p > 0.05, Table S1). PMMA is also

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known to be non-toxic and widely used in many commercial products such as medical

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implants.31 In a recent study, the toxicity of PMMA nanoparticles tagged with fluorophores

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was tested on Daphnia magna larvae.19 At concentrations as high as 1000 ppm, PMMA

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nanoparticles exhibited no significant toxic effects on D. magna larvae.18 This is consistent

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with the concentrations tested on the barnacle nauplii in our studies. Similar toxicity assays

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using polystyrene nanoplastics were also conducted by other groups on A. amphitrite and

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observed relatively low toxicity.29, 41

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When visualizing the nanoparticles-exposed larvae, the low concentrations (i.e. 5 and 10 ppm)

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showed lower fluorescence intensities during imaging, as compared to the larvae exposed to

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the concentration of 25 ppm. Given that PMMA showed no negative impacts on nauplii, and

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no flocculation and sedimentation were observed at a concentration of 25 ppm, subsequent

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experiments were done at this concentration.



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Figure 2: Percentage survival of larvae after exposure to PMMA nanoplastics at concentrations of 5,

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10 and 25 ppm compared to respective salinity-adjusted controls, for 24 hours.

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Interaction of Polymer Nanoplastics with Microalgae: The established laboratory culture

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protocols use a mixture of two different microalgae, Tetraselmis suecica and Chaetoceros

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muelleri, as a feed to provide the necessary nutrients for normal growth and development of

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the A. amphitrite larvae.42 If the polymer particles are able to enter the algal cells, it offers a

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secondary route of entry of PMMA nanoparticles into the nauplii. Hence, it was necessary to

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ascertain the type of interaction between the individual algal species and the PMMA

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nanoparticles. This was carried out by exposing the algal cells with PMMA nanoparticles,

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incubating them for 24 hours and collecting the cells for imaging. The results were compared

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with untreated algal cells.

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The initial cell counts of Tetraselmis suecica and Chaetoceros muelleri used were (11.8 ± 1.3)

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× 104 and (10.3 ± 1.5) × 104 cells/mL, respectively. After 24 hours of incubation, no

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significant differences (Table S2) were observed between the mean final cell counts of

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Tetraselmis suecica and Chaetoceros muelleri for all three tested PMMA concentrations

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against the controls (ANOVA, p > 0.05, Figure 3). If PMMA particles had adhered onto the

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cell walls of the microalgae, it may have been possible to observe the adverse effect on the

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growth of microalgal cells in the media. Since we observed an almost similar number of

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microalgal cells in all samples (Figures 3A, 3B), irrespective of the PMMA particle

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concentration, it is likely that the polymer particles do not cause toxicity to algal cells. Algal

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cells exposed to nanoplastics showed no fluorescent polymer particles inside the cells (data 10 ACS Paragon Plus Environment

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not shown), thus implying that the addition of PMMA nanoparticles up to 25 ppm to

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microalgae culture had no significant impact on the proliferation, absorption of nutrients and

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photosynthetic functions of the microalgal cells. This may be explained by the characteristics

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of plant cells, where they are more selective in taking up materials from their surroundings

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due to the presence of a rigid cellulose cell wall.43 While there is evidence of small

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nanoparticles (< 50 nm) being able to permeate the cell wall of microalgae and plants, larger

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nanoplastic particles seem to be barricaded efficiently owing to their size and

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hydrophobicity.44-45

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Figure 3: Mean microalgae count observed after 24 hours of nanoplastic treatments of (A)

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Tetraselmis suecica and (B) Chaetoceros muelleri. The initial cell counts of the microalgal

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cells were (11.8 ± 1.3) × 104 and (10.3 ± 1.5) × 104 cells/mL respectively.

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Uptake and Translocation of PMMA Nanoplastics in Barnacle Nauplii: Barnacle nauplii

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are suspension filter feeders that can scavenge the water column for planktonic feed. The

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uptake of nanoplastics by the stage II nauplii was monitored at 45-minute intervals for an

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initial period of 3 hours after exposure to the nanoplastics at a concentration of 25 ppm

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(Figure S2). After the first 45 minutes interval, more than half of the nauplii (~50 – 60%) had

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ingested the nanoplastics with weak florescence signals appearing in the gut region. The

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signals were quantitatively compared with the control samples. The fluorescence intensity

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was 1200% higher than that of the control. After 90 minutes, the relative intensity of

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fluorescence from the nauplii gut had increased by a factor of 290%, as compared to the 45

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minute samples, and a larger proportion of nauplii (~75%) had ingested the nanoplastics. The

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fluorescence was seen to be localized in two major regions of the alimentary canal: the

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midgut and the hindgut of the nauplii body (Figure S4). A further 6% increase in relative

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minutes. All nauplii imaged exhibited prominent green fluorescence in the mid- and hindgut

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regions of the body after 135 minutes of nanoplastic exposure. To ensure all nauplii had taken

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up the nanoplastics, the nauplii were incubated with PMMA nanoparticles for an additional

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45 minutes and images were collected.

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In a study by Cole et al., the uptake of polystyrene micro- and nanoplastics was monitored in

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oyster larvae post-fertilization.44 Their results showed that depending on the size of the

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plastics, the larvae selectively ingest the plastic particles. Plastics smaller than 7.3 µm were

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ingested by oyster larvae at all life stages whereas larger plastics (20 µm) were only ingested

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by larvae 24 days post fertilization.46 Daphnia magna larvae were also exposed to fluorescent

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microplastics and the uptake was monitored after 48 hours.19 Blue fluorescence from the D.

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magna gut confirmed the uptake of the microplastics. Subsequent depuration studies were

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conducted by introducing the exposed larvae into fresh media for 24 hours, and the changes

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in larval fluorescence were further analyzed. While the results indicated that the plastics were

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completely removed via defecation, it was impossible to confirm the complete removal of

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microplastic particles due to the presence of autofluorescence from the larvae.18 Many such

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short term studies on the uptake of microplastics in marine larvae highlight the presence of

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plastic in the larval body, however to the best of our knowledge long term growth

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experiments on such larvae have not been studied and analyzed.

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When examining the fate of nanoplastics after ingestion by the nauplii, the distribution of

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fluorescence signals inside the body was qualitatively monitored using fluorescence

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microscopy (Figure 4). After 30, 75, and 105 minutes of initial exposure, the PMMA

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nanoplastics were localized in the hindgut and midgut (Figure S5, S6, Figure 4A - D).

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Interestingly, the ingested nanoplastics were distributed throughout the body of nauplii after

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135 minutes of exposure (Figure 4E), suggesting that the nanoplastics had been absorbed and

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Figure 4: Translocation and retention of nanoplastic particles at 0 (A), 30 (B), 75 (C), 105 (D), 135 (E) and 165 (F) minutes after initial uptake. Uptake exposure conditions: 25 ppm nanoplastics, 30 nauplii/mL, 3 hour exposure. Refer to Figure S5 for DIC and fluorescence only image.

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The most striking result from this study was that even after 24 hours of incubation in clean

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FSW, the PMMA particles were observed inside the nauplius (Figure S6, AVI). Further

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evidence of the distribution of the nanoparticles inside the body and not just the surface of the

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nauplius is shown in the AVI file (Supporting Information). In parallel, cellular studies

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carried out using mammalian kidney cells (data not shown), PMMA nanoplastics were found

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Effects of Acute and Chronic Exposure of PMMA Nanoplastics on Barnacle Larvae

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Development

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The growth of barnacle larvae consists of three stages,47-48 and the duration in which the

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larvae remain in each of these stages is mainly dependent on temperature and nutrients

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availability.49 In order to understand the impact of nanoplastics on different life stages,

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investigations on the distribution of nanoplastics inside barnacle larvae were conducted at

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three-time points, stage III nauplii (2 days old), cyprid (5 days old) and juvenile (7 days old).

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Three treatment conditions were analyzed at each time point: acute, chronic and control.

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Acute exposure experiments were carried out to understand the persistence of nanoplastics

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inside barnacles whereas chronic exposure experiments were conducted to simulate the

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effects of environmentally significant concentrations of plastics over long term exposure.

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Nauplii were exposed to 25 ppm nanoplastics solution for the duration of 3 hours as a one-off

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acute exposure, followed by washing and culturing of the nauplii. The chronic treatment

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involved continuous exposure of nanoplastics dosed at 1 ppm throughout the entire growth

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cycle. The control batches of nauplii were reared in the absence of PMMA particles and the

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data collected were used for comparison.

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After 2 days, we found variations in the relative intensities of fluorescence among stage III

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nauplii in the control, acute and chronic exposure treatment conditions (Figures 5A – C). The

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larvae in control experiments with no nanoplastics, exhibited a low auto-fluorescence signal,

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which could be attributed to the use of glutaraldehyde as fixing agent that lead to the

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formation of Schiff’s base structure.50-51 However, the nauplii exposed to particles in acute

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and chronic conditions exhibited significantly larger fluorescence signals, when compared to

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controls (Table S3, S4).

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After 5 days, the nauplii metamorphosed into the non-feeding cyprid form. Fluorescence

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intensities from cyprids were the least in control, followed by acute and chronic exposures

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(Figures 5D – F). In the control samples, fluorescence signals were detected only from the

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outer carapace (shell). The distribution of fluorescence signals inside the cyprids differed

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between the acute and chronic exposures. Cyprids with acute exposure exhibited

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homogeneously distributed fluorescence across their bodies, with a high contrast in the

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compound eye and internal appendages compared to its carapace (Figure 5E). Cyprids in the

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of increased residence time of the nanoplastics inside the cyprid’s body. The fluorescent

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intensity histograms (Figures 5D – F) and average fluorescence intensity values (Table S3)

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also supported the presence of PMMA nanoplastics inside the cyprids. The relative

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fluorescence intensities of control samples was observed to be significantly different than the

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acute and chronic exposure (Table S4, ANOVA, p < 0.05).

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After 7 days, cyprids suspended in clear FSW metamorphosed into settled juveniles. Again,

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the intensity of observed fluorescence from juveniles was low for control and higher for those

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exposed to PMMA particles under acute and chronic exposure conditions (Figures 5G – I,).

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In the control sample, minimum amounts of auto-fluorescence were observed from localized

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regions of the barnacle (Figure 5G). The mean fluorescence intensity of the samples indicated

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that relative intensity of signal from chronic was the highest and control was the lowest

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(Table S3). The intensity of fluorescence for the control samples was significantly different

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from that of the acute and chronic exposed juvenile (Table S4, ANOVA, p < 0.05).

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Figure 5: Confocal microscope images (10× magnification with a 2.2× zoom) of nauplius

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after 2 days (A – C), cyprids after 5 days (D – F) and settled juvenile after 7 days (G – I)

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imaged as controls (A, D, G), acute (B, E, H) and chronic (C, F, I) exposure. Scalebar: 100

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µm, Inset: Relative intensity distribution of the green fluorescence. Exposure conditions:

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Control – no nanoplastics, Acute – 25 ppm, 3 hour exposure, Chronic – 1 ppm, dosed every

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two days.

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Results showed that PMMA nanoplastics, specially during acute exposure (25 ppm, 3 hours),

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remained within the bodies of barnacle larvae throughout their developmental cycle (Figure

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5). Metamorphosis of barnacle larvae appeared to be unaffected by the presence of

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nanoplastics, and that the particles became redistributed throughout the body. Even though,

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the concentration of PMMA nanoparticles under chronic exposure conditions was twenty-

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five-fold lower than the acute exposure, we found a significant build-up of nanoplastics

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inside the larvae from chronic exposure, which yielded higher fluorescence signals. In

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addition, common polyalkanes such as polystyrene, PMMA, polyethylene and polypropylene

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have no known biodegradation pathways under in vivo conditions. This suggests that long-

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term chronic exposure of such polymer nanoparticles results in bioaccumulation, which

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potentially could cause more harm to tissues and the organisms, as compared to short-term

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acute exposure.

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We also found that the exposed larvae were able to remove some of the PMMA nanoplastics

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via two methods: moulting and excretion of faecal matter throughout its lifecycle. Nauplii

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samples treated with chronic exposure of PMMA nanoplastics were not examined in this

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study. The continual exposure to nanoparticles makes it difficult to distinguish the

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fluorescence particles found only in the moults and faecal matter (i.e. indication of ingestion

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and egestion by barnacles) versus particles adsorbed onto these materials from the general

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media. In the case of cyprid moults from nauplii exposed to acute conditions, PMMA

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particles were found in both faecal matter and moults. The 3D z-stack micrographs of the

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moult from acute exposure showed the presence of fluorescent nanoplastics in both the

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nauplii and cyprid moults (Figures 6A – D). Naupliar moults of the acute exposed treatment

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showed relatively higher fluorescence than their corresponding controls (Figure 6G). Similar

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trends were also observed in the faecal matter of the acute and control (Figure 6I). The

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relative fluorescence intensity of the control and acute exposed cyprids (Figure 6H) were

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stages of the life cycle is less efficient. This could be attributed to the absorption and

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retention of the plastics inside the barnacle body (as seen in the acute juvenile).

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The more common route for excretion and removal of the nanoplastics is through defecation.

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Optical images of the faecal matter collected from the larvae from the control showed no

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fluorescence (Figure 6E) whereas after acute exposure, a distinct fluorescence was observed

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(Figure 6F). The presence of PMMA nanoparticles in faecal matter implies that some of the

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ingested nanoparticles are excreted without bioabsorption.

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Figure 6: Possible nanoplastic egestion route via naupliar moult (A: control, B: acute), cyprid

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moult (C: control, D: acute) and faecal matter (E: control, F: acute). (Scalebar 20×

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magnification: 100 µm). The relative fluorescence intensity of the naupliar moult (G), cyprid

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moult (H) and faecal matter (I) are also plotted as a function of position.

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Our initial investigations showed that the particles in the faecal matter are intact, but further

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studies are currently underway to evaluate changes in shape and size of the ingested particles,



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if any. Results from this study suggest the possible natural pathways of excreting the

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nanoplastics from the larvae’s bodies, but the nanoparticles are remained and bioaccumulated

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inside the organism.

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Conclusions

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PMMA particles encapsulated with fluorescent PTE dye molecules are used for investigating

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the intake, translocation and egestion by acorn barnacle larvae. Our experimental data

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revealed that PMMA particles are non-toxic at concentrations as high as 25 ppm to barnacle

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nauplii. The nanoplastics also had no significant interactions with algal cells, which are used

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as feeds for barnacle larvae and did not affect their proliferation profile. Within 3 hours of

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exposure, stage II nauplii had ingested nanoplastics and were retained inside the body

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throughout all stages of larval development, which included metamorphosis and settlement

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into the juvenile form. The ingested nanoplastics had also redistributed within the nauplii

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body owing to its open circulatory system. Two modes of excretion of the nanoplastics were

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also observed: via moulting and defecation.

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Acute exposure at high concentrations (25 ppm, 3 hours exposure), and chronic exposure at

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low concentration (1 ppm, continuous exposure), of nanoplastics to barnacle larvae led to an

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accumulation of nanoplastics inside their bodies. Fluorescence signals from the ingested

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polymer nanoparticles in the naupliar stage were also found to be persistent through the

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subsequent cyprid and juvenile growth stages. The persistence of nanoplastics is expected in

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the adult forms of barnacles, and this has wider implications on their growth and reproduction.

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New studies focused on the interactions of nanoplastics with the later life history of barnacles

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are currently underway to examine potential consequences.

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Supporting Information

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The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website at DOI:

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Absorbance and emission spectra of PTE dye, Confocal images of nauplii under different conditions, statistical analysis of the data, fluorescent intensity data.

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*E-mail: [email protected] (S. Valiyaveettil).

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Suresh Valiyaveettil: 0000-0001-6990-660X

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge the funding support from the National

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Research Foundation Singapore for research conducted under the Marine Science R&D

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Program at NUS (R-143-000-676-281) and St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory and

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SB acknowledge Graduate Research Scholarship from the National University of Singapore.

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