Yui Tamura, Yuki Takai, Hirokuni Miyamoto, Lee SeokHyun, Yangqing Liu, Xuchun Qiu, Ik Joon Kang, Yohei Simasaki, Chie Shindo, Wataru Suda, Hiroshi Ohno, Yuji Oshima
There is global concern that microplastics may harm aquatic life. Here, we examined the effects of fine polystyrene microplastics (PS-MPs, 2-μm diameter, 0.1 mg/L, 2.5 × 107 particles/L) on the behavior and the microbiome (linked to brain-gut interaction) of a fish model using medaka, Oryzias latipes. We found that shoaling behavior was reduced in PS-MP-exposed medaka compared with control fish during the exposure period, but it recovered during a depuration period. There was no difference in swimming speed between the PS-MP-exposed and control groups during the exposure period...
March 4, 2024: Chemosphere