| Title: | "Contrary to Marine Environments, Common Microplastics in Freshwater Systems May Not Emit Dimethyl Sulfide: An Important Infochemical" |
| Address: | "Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada. zink@uleth.ca. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada" |
| Journal Title: | Bull Environ Contam Toxicol |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00128-019-02726-7 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1432-0800 (Electronic) 0007-4861 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The ingestion of microplastics by marine species has been at least partially attributed to plastics emitting a dimethyl sulfide signature when exposed to marine conditions. Dimethyl sulfide, a member of the volatile organic sulfur compounds group, is an infochemical that many species rely on to locate and identify prey while foraging. Microplastic ingestion is also observed in freshwater systems; however, this study shows that the same dimethyl sulfide signature is not obtained by three common types of plastic (high-density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, and polystyrene) in freshwater systems, suggesting that there may be an alternate mechanism driving plastic ingestion by freshwater species" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Environmental Monitoring Fresh Water/*chemistry Microplastics/analysis/*chemistry Models, Chemical Polyethylene/chemistry Polystyrenes/chemistry Sulfides/analysis/*chemistry Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis/chemistry Dimethyl sulfide Freshwater;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineZink, Lauren Pyle, Gregory G eng RGPIN-2015-04492/Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada/ RES0035325-S016/Alberta Conservation Association/ 2019/10/07 Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2019 Dec; 103(6):766-769. doi: 10.1007/s00128-019-02726-7. Epub 2019 Oct 5" |
