Table 3 Types of microplastic-carried pollutants bioaccumulated in marine organisms
Organism | Class | Pollutant | Microplastic | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Marine unicellular alga (Tetraselmis chuii) | Chlorodendrophyceae | Copper | PE | Davarpanah and Guilhermino (2015) |
Lugworm (Arenicola marina) | Polychaeta | PCBs | PS | Besseling et al. (2013) |
Lugworms (Arenicola marina) | Polychaeta | Triclosan or nonylphenol | PVC | Browne et al. (2013) |
Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) | Bivalvia | HBCDs | PS | Jang et al. (2016) |
Peppery furrow shell (Scrobicularia plana) | Bivalvia | BaP | LDPE | O’Donovan et al. (2018) |
Zooplanktona | a | PBDEs and PCBs | PE and PP | Yeo et al. (2020) |
Marine amphipod (Allorchestes Compressa) | Malacostraca | PBDEs | PE | Chua et al. (2014) |
Daphnia (Daphnia magna) | Branchiopoda | PCB | PS | Lin et al. (2019) |
Marine copepod (Acartia tonsa) | Maxillopoda | PAHs | PS | Sørensen et al. (2020) |
Marine copepod (Acartia tonsa) | Maxillopoda | Triclosan | PE | Syberg et al. (2017) |
Marine copepod (Calanus finmarchicus) | Hexanauplia | PAHs | PS | Sørensen et al. (2020) |
Beachhopper (Platorchestia smithi) | Malacostraca | PAHs | PE | Tosetto et al. (2016) |
North Pacific lanternfish (Tarletonbeania taylori) | Actinopterygii | Lower chlorinated PCBs/pesticides | Plastica | Gassel and Rochman (2019) |
Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) | Actinopterygii | PHAs, PCBs, and PBDEs | LDPE | Rochman et al. (2013a) |
zebrafish (Danio rerio) | Actinopterygii | Ag | PE | Khan et al. (2015) |
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Actinopterygii | Ag | PE | Khan et al. (2017) |
Rainbow fish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis) | Actinopterygii | PBDEs | PP and PS | Wardrop et al. (2016) |
Rabbitfish (Siganus rivulatus) | Actinopterygii | PCB | DPE and PP | van der Hal et al. (2020) |
Streaked shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) | Aves | PCB | PE | Tanaka et al. (2018) |
Streaked shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) | Aves | PBDEs | PE | Tanaka et al. (2015) |
Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) | Aves | PCBs, PAHs, and pesticides | PP and PE | Rios et al. (2007) |
Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) | Aves | PCBs | Plastica | Herzke et al. (2016) |
Short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) | Aves | PBDEs | Plastica | Tanaka et al. (2013) |
Great Shearwaters (Puffinus gravis) | Aves | PCBs | Plastica | Ryan (1988) |