Abstract
In recent years, microplastics (MPs) pollution have become a global environmental issue, which aroused concern about their potential toxicity to marine organisms. However, due to the gradual depletion of natural resources, it had been rapidly developed in aquaculture. Therefore, this article studied the effect of polystyrene (PE) on the growth of Paralichthys Olivaceus. The surface of PE was rough and average size was 197.3 ± 11.2 μm. The contact angle of PE was 100.3 ± 2.5 °, which indicated that PE had a hydrophobic surface. PE exposure had no significant effect on the body length growth of fish, but compared with CK treatment, the weight growth of fish in PE treatment group was slower, which increased by 36.3% on the 28th day, but only increased by 10.9% in PE treatment group, indicating that PE could inhibit the growth of fish. PE led to the decrease of oxygen consumption rate of fish. On the 7th, 21st and 28th day, the oxygen consumption rate of fish decreased by 7.9%, 25.4% and 41.1%, respectively. Based on the above results, we concluded that marine MPs could inhibit the growth of the benthic economic fish, which would disturb the balance of the marine ecosystem.
Highlights
With the wide use of plastic products, plastic waste pollution had aroused widespread concern
Due to its small particle size, MPs were ingested by aquatic organisms and had toxic effects on the organisms
Paralichthys Olivaceus had been rapidly developed in aquaculture because of its high economic value and gradual depletion of natural resources
Summary
With the wide use of plastic products, plastic waste pollution had aroused widespread concern. In 2019, the world plastic output was 368 million tons. There were many kinds of plastics, including PE, PS, PP, PVC, PET and so on. Due to its small particle size, MPs were ingested by aquatic organisms and had toxic effects on the organisms. Paralichthys Olivaceus had been rapidly developed in aquaculture because of its high economic value and gradual depletion of natural resources. The benthic organism Paralichthys Olivaceus was affected by MPs exposure. The smaller particle size, the easier it was for MPs to transport across the membrane to other tissues and accumulate, the greater the toxic effect on organisms [7].
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