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Hamm, Thea; Lenz, Mark (2021): Experiment with blue mussels and microplastics during a 42 weeks-long exposure. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930018

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Abstract:
These datasets comprise data obtained during a 42 week-long exposure experiment of Mytilus spp. to two types of microplastics, namely spherical polystyrene (PS) particles and irregular polyvinylchloride (PVC) particles. This data was obtained from January 2018 to January 2019 from juvenile blue mussels with an initial size of 10mm. We recorded growth via shell length, body condition index, byssus thread production in 24 hours and clearance rate of the food algae R. baltica. Growth was measured every six weeks already during a three months acclimation period without exposure to microplastics, while byssus thread production and clearance rate were measured every six weeks only during microplastic exposure. Body condition index was measured two times, at week 16 and 32, while oxidative stress in the form of Malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations and Superoxide (SOD) activity was only measured once at the end of the experiment. Mussels were exposed to three concentrations of PS (15, 1500, 15 000 particles/individual/week) and five concentrations of PVC (15, 1500, 15 000, 150 000 and 1 500 000 particles/individual/week) and one group to no particles at all as control.
Keyword(s):
blue mussels; effects; irregular; Microplastic; Mytilus; PS; PVC; spherical
Supplement to:
Hamm, Thea; Lenz, Mark (2021): Negative impacts of realistic doses of spherical and irregular microplastics emerged late during a 42 weeks-long exposure experiment with blue mussels. Science of the Total Environment, 778, 146088, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146088
Funding:
German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), grant/award no. 2016/422: Mikroplastikpartikel als anthropogener Stressor: Untersuchungen zu möglichen negativen Auswirkungen auf die Miesmuschel Mytilus edulis
Event(s):
GEOMAR_Pier_Mytilus * Latitude: 54.329833 * Longitude: 10.149333 * Date/Time Start: 2018-01-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-01-10T00:00:00 * Location: Kiel Fjord * Method/Device: Sampling by hand (HAND)
Size:
6 datasets

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