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Main Authors:	Laubscher, Aurelia, Hamm, Thea, Lenz, Mark
Format:	Dataset Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	PANGAEA 2021
Subjects:	blue mussels; Counting, microscope; effects; Experimental treatment; fate; GEOMAR_Pier_Mytilus-spp.; HAND; Identification; Microplastic; Microplastic particle concentration; Microplastic particles; Mytilus sp.; PS; Recovery; Sampling by hand; Species; Time in hours
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937466
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Adult blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) were exposed to microplastic particles in a controlled laboratory experiment. The number of PS beads in the softbody of the mussels was determined after the exposure phase of 2 hours and after a 48 hours depuration phase in filtered sea water. Depuration in clear water lowered the amount of microplastic in the mussels' softbodies significantly.