Genotoxic evaluation of polystyrene microplastic

Authors : Ahmet Ali BERBER

Pages : 358-367

Doi:10.16984/saufenbilder.455574

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Publication Date : 2019-06-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Pollution of the aquatic environment by microplastic could be having a massive impact on marine life. As far as the dimensions of the microplastics decrease, the negative effects are also increasing.  In this study, the effects of 1 µm diameter polystyrene microplastics insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PSMs); on Daphnia magna and Neocaridina davidi were investigated. The acute toxicity test was conducted on Daphnia magna . According to the test LC 50 value was calculated as 808.97 μg/mL. According to genotoxic evaluation on Neocaridina davidi with single cell gel electrophoresis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Comet);, tail length, tail intensity and tail moment were increased by PSMs compared to the control. 
Keywords : Daphnia magna, Neocaridina davidi, microplastic, genotoxicity, polystyrene