POLYSTYRENE SPHERULES IN COASTAL WATERS
POLYSTYRENE SPHERULES IN COASTAL WATERS
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DOI：
10.1126/science.178.4062.749
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发表时间：
1972-01-01
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
HARVEY, GR
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作者：
CARPENTE.EJ;ANDERSON, SJ;HARVEY, GR
在新英格兰南部的沿海沃茨中有大量平均直径为0.5毫米（范围为0.1至2毫米）的聚苯乙烯小球。存在两种类型，结晶（透明）形式和具有由二烯橡胶产生的着色的白色不透明形式。小球表面有细菌，含有多氯联苯，显然是从周围海水中吸收的，浓度为百万分之五。白色，不透明的小球被8种鱼的14种检查，和毛颚类的选择性消费。摄入塑料可能会导致小鱼的肠道堵塞。
Polystyrene spherules averaging 0.5 millimeter in diameter (range 0.1 to 2 millimeters) are abundant in the coastal waters of southern New England. Two types are present, a crystalline (clear) form and a white, opaque form with pigmentation resulting from a diene rubber. The spherules have bacteria on their surfaces and contain polychlorinated biphenyls, apparently absorbed from ambient seawater, in a concentration of 5 parts per million. White, opaque spherules are selectively consumed by 8 species of fish out of 14 species examined, and a chaetognath. Ingestion of the plastic may lead to intestinal blockage in smaller fish.