Microplastic infiltration of food webs: cells to ecosystem consequences

食物网的微塑料渗透：细胞对​​生态系统的影响

• 批准号: DP150103272
• 负责人: Prof Emma Johnston
• 金额: $ 37.39万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-01-06 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP150103272
• 关键词: Microplastic; infiltration; food; webs; cells

Using trophic ecological theory as a framework, this project aims to provide the first comprehensive assessment of the fate and effects of microplastics. Plastic pollution is a persistent and increasing problem. Plastics are degraded into small particles, called microplastics, which are ingested by animals. The project aims to develop much-needed techniques to measure microplastics in biological tissue and apply these techniques in food web studies to determine the capacity of microplastics to transfer from the environment into animals, and how microplastics move through a food web to affect biological diversity and animal health. This information will be used to complete the first risk assessment for microplastics in a major coastal habitat.

该项目以营养生态理论为框架，旨在首次全面评估微塑料的命运和影响。塑料污染是一个持续且日益严重的问题。塑料被降解成小颗粒，称为微塑料，被动物摄入。该项目旨在开发急需的技术来测量生物组织中的微塑料，并将这些技术应用于食物网研究，以确定微塑料从环境转移到动物体内的能力，以及微塑料如何通过食物网影响生物多样性和动物健康。这些信息将用于完成对主要沿海栖息地微塑料的首次风险评估。