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Organic enrichment can increase the impact of microplastics on meiofaunal assemblages in tropical beach systems
Corinaldesi, C.; Canensi, S.; Carugati, L.; Lo Martire, M.; Marcellini, F.; Nepote, E.; Sabbatini, S.; Danovaro, R. (2022). Organic enrichment can increase the impact of microplastics on meiofaunal assemblages in tropical beach systems. Environ. Pollut. 292(Part B): 118415. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118415
In: Environmental Pollution. Elsevier: Barking. ISSN 0269-7491; e-ISSN 1873-6424, meer
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Author keywords
    Plastic impact; Maldives; Meiofauna; Anthropogenic impacts
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  • Corinaldesi, C.
  • Canensi, S.
  • Carugati, L.
  • Lo Martire, M.
  • Marcellini, F.
  • Nepote, E.
  • Sabbatini, S.
  • Danovaro, R.
Abstract
    The cumulative impact of microplastic and organic enrichment is still largely unknown. Here, we investigated the microplastic contamination, the organic enrichment and their effects on meiofaunal distribution and diversity in two islands of the Maldivian archipelago: one more pristine, and another strongly anthropized. Field studies were coupled with manipulative experiments in which microplastic polymers were added to sediments from the non-anthropized island (i.e., without organic enrichment) to assess the relative effect of microplastic pollution on meiofauna assemblages. Our results reveal that the impact of microplastic contamination on meiofaunal abundance and taxa richness was more significant in the anthropized island, which was also characterized by a significant organic enrichment. Meiofauna exposed experimentally to microplastic contamination showed: i) the increased abundance of opportunistic nematodes and copepods and ii) a shift in the trophic structure, increasing relevance in epistrate-feeder nematodes. Based on all these results, we argue that the coexistence of chronic organic enrichment and microplastics can significantly increase the ecological impacts on meiofaunal assemblages. Since microplastic pollution in the oceans is predicted to increase in the next decades, its negative effects on benthic biodiversity and functioning of tropical ecosystems are expected to worsen especially when coupled with human-induced eutrophication. Urgent actions and management plans are needed to avoid the cumulative impact of microplastic and organic enrichment.
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