黑暗前的光:闪光颗粒对海洋无脊椎动物的毒性

Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa1, Letícia França Albanit1, Pedro Henrique Paixão de Moura1

  • 1São Paulo State University-UNESP, Coastal Campus, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, São Vicente 11380-900, SP, Brazil.

Toxics
|July 28, 2023
PubMed
概括

闪闪发光的微塑料对海洋生物构成风险,影响海和的胚胎发育. 毒性源于金属和其他化合物,需要进一步评估环境风险.

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