Uso do gênero artemia na investigação dos efeitos tóxicos de micro e nanoplásticos

Abstract

Plastic pollution is a major concern for the ecosystems, especially to marine ones which are the final destination of mismanaged plastic waste generated by population. Due to their reduced size, micro (MP) and nanoplastic (NP) can interact with a wide range of organisms. One of these animals are the non-selective filter feeder zooplanktonic microcrustaceans from the genus Artemia. This arthropod represents the zooplankton, an ecologically important group for the food web because they link primary producers to secondary consumers. Furthermore, artemia has been used in ecotoxicology for a long time.