Elevated temperature enhanced lethal and sublethal acute toxicity of polyethylene microplastic fragments in Daphnia magna.

Environ Toxicol Pharmacol

Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:

Published: September 2023

Microplastic (MP) pollution poses a growing concern in freshwater ecosystems, which are further threatened by global warming. Thus, this study investigated the effect of elevated temperature (25 °C) on acute toxicity of polyethylene MP fragments to Daphnia magna over a 48 h period. At the reference temperature (20 °C), MP fragments (41.88 ± 5.71 µm) induced over 70 times higher lethal toxicity than that induced by MP beads (44.50 ± 2.50 µm), with median effective concentrations (EC) of 3.89 and 275.89 mg L, respectively. Elevated temperature significantly increased (p < 0.05) the lethal (EC = 1.88 mg L) and sublethal (lipid peroxidation and total antioxidant capacity) toxicity in D. magna exposed to MP fragments compared to those at the reference temperature. Additionally, the elevated temperature led to a significant increase (p < 0.05) in the bioconcentration of MP fragments in D. magna. Overall, the present study increases understanding for the ecological risk assessment of microplastics under global warming, highlights that elevated temperature can be seriously increased bioconcentration of MP fragments, leading to increased acute toxicity in D. magna.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2023.104212DOI Listing

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