Accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and microbiome response in the great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis with exposure to nylon (polyamide) microplastics

Horton, Alice A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-6048; Newbold, Lindsay K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8895-1406; Palacio-Cortés, Angela M.; Spurgeon, David J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3264-8760; Pereira, M. Glória ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-0019; Carter, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5999-2732; Gweon, Hyun S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6218-6301; Vijver, Martina G.; van Bodegom, Peter M.; Navarro da Silva, Mario Antonio; Lahive, Elma. 2020 Accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and microbiome response in the great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis with exposure to nylon (polyamide) microplastics. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 188, 109882. 11, pp. 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109882

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Abstract/Summary

Microplastics attract widespread attention, including for their potential to transport toxic chemicals in the form of plasticisers and associated hydrophobic organic chemicals, such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The aims of this study were to investigate how nylon (polyamide) microplastics may affect PBDE accumulation in snails, and the acute effects of nylon particles and PBDEs on survival, weight change and inherent microbiome diversity and community composition of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Snails were exposed for 96 h to BDEs-47, 99, 100 and 153 in the presence and absence of 1% w/w nylon microplastics in quartz sand sediment. No mortality was observed over the exposure period. Snails not exposed to microplastics lost significantly more weight compared to those exposed to microplastics. Increasing PBDE concentration in the sediment resulted in an increased PBDE body burden in the snails, however microplastics did not significantly influence total PBDE uptake. Based on individual congeners, uptake of BDE 47 by snails was significantly reduced in the presence of microplastics. The diversity and composition of the snail microbiome was not significantly altered by the presence of PBDEs nor by the microplastics, singly or combined. Significant effects on a few individual operational taxonomic units (OTUs) occurred when comparing the highest PBDE concentration with the control treatment, but in the absence of microplastics only. Overall within these acute experiments, only subtle effects on weight loss and slight microbiome alterations occurred. These results therefore highlight that L. stagnalis are resilient to acute exposures to microplastics and PBDEs, and that microplastics are unlikely to influence HOC accumulation or the microbiome of this species over short timescales.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109882
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Pollution (Science Area 2017-) Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-) UKCEH Fellows
ISSN:	0147-6513
Additional Keywords:	Microplastics, Plastics, Debris, organic chemicals, PBDEs, flame retardants, bacteria, microbiology
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	19 Nov 2019 11:35 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525935

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