TY  - JOUR
AB  - Many studies investigated the presence and effects of microplastics in marine species, but data about sponges are  still incipient. We quantified these pollutants in a population of the tropical sponge Cinachyrella alloclada,  comparing museum specimens sampled in 1981 with specimens sampled in 2017. The mean number of  microplastics in specimens collected decades ago was one order of magnitude lower (0.13 ± 0.40/g of sponge  tissue) than those sampled more recently (1.37 ± 0.94/g). We observed microplastics in only 10% of the  specimens collected in 1981 but in 80 % of those from 2017. According to Raman spectroscopy, fibers in C. alloclada consisted of polypropylene. Our results reinforce the importance of natural history collections to  reduce the gap of knowledge on the interaction between marine sponges and microplastics.
A1  - Soares, G.M.
A1  - Barros, F.
A1  - Lanna, E.
A1  - Da Silva, M.V.S.
A1  - Cavalcanti, F.F.
DO  - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114339
JO  - Marine Pollution Bulletin
C1  - 185: 114339
TI  - Sponges as libraries: Increase in microplastics in <i>Cinachyrella alloclada</i> after 36 years
UR  - https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=sourcedetails&id=440253
VL  - 114339
PY  - 2022
Y2  - 2026-07-19
ER  -