Effect of Microplastics on Marine Environment and Aquatic Organisms

Year 2022, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 633 - 652, 30.06.2022

İzel Kenan , Arzu Teksoy

https://doi.org/10.35193/bseufbd.1074246

Cited By: 2

Abstract

In this review study, the effect of microplastic pollution, which is considered as one of the serious environmental problems today and in the future, on marine and marine ecosystems is discussed in a holistic way. In the literature search, primary and secondary microplastics has been observed which are mixed with the marine environment by wastewater treatment plant discharge and river transport, therefore, many marine organism are ingested microplastics and negatively affect living things due to reproductive disorders, fake satiety and injury. In addition, depending on the raw material from which the plastics are obtained, it is possible to transport different toxic compounds to the marine environment. In the extensive literature research, it has been understood that primary and secondary microplastics, which are mixed with the marine environment by wastewater treatment plant discharge and river transport, can be swallowed by living things and negatively affect living things due to reproductive disorders, false satiety and injury. In addition, depending on the raw material from which the plastics are obtained, it is possible to transport different toxic compounds to the marine environment. The results of the study showed that in parallel with the particles detected in the seas, microplastics with similar properties were found in all living groups living in these environments. Particles detected in different structures and organs of other creatures, including protected corals and mammals, revealed that microplastics have spread throughout the entire marine ecosystem. The most common types of microplastics in the examinations are polypropylene and polyethylene polymers and fiber-shaped particles. In addition to the most common blue colored plastic particles, it was concluded that microplastics, which are evaluated as light-colored in the color scale such as white, transparent, and cream, are also quite common in the aquatic environment.

Keywords

Microplastic, Source of Microplastic, Marine Ecosystem

Mikroplastiklerin Deniz Ortamı ve Sucul Canlılara Etkisi

Abstract

Bu derleme çalışmada günümüzde ve gelecekte ciddi çevre problemlerinden biri olarak kabul edilen mikroplastik kirliliğinin deniz ve deniz ekosistemine ait canlılardaki etkisi bütüncül bir şekilde ele alınmıştır. Yapılan kapsamlıliteratür araştırmasında büyük oranda atıksu arıtma tesisi deşarjı ve nehir taşınımı ile deniz ortamına karışan birincil ve ikincil mikroplastiklerin canlılar tarafından yutulabilir olduğu, üreme bozukluğu, yalancı tokluk hissi ve yaralanma gibi nedenlerle canlıların olumsuz etkilendiği anlaşılmıştır. Ek olarak plastiklerin elde edildiği hammaddeye bağlı olarak farklı toksik bileşiklerin deniz ortamına taşınımı da mümkündür. Çalışma sonuçları, denizlerde tespit edilen parçacıklara paralel olarak bu ortamlarda yaşayan canlı gruplarının da tamamında benzer özellikte mikroplastik bulunduğunu göstermiştir. Koruma altındaki mercanlar ve memeliler de dahil olmak üzere diğer canlıların farklı yapı ve organlarında tespit edilen parçacıklar, mikroplastiklerin tüm deniz ekosistemine yayıldığını ortaya koymuştur. Mikroplastik tespitinde izlenen farklı yöntemler ve canlıların gelişmişlik düzeyine bağlı değişen örneklem sayısı bulguların karşılaştırılmasındaki zorluklardan birkaçıdır. Yapılan incelemelerde en çok karşılaşılan mikroplastik türleri polipropilen ve polietilen polimerleri ile lif şeklindeki parçacıklar olmuştur. En sık karşılaşılan mavi renkli plastik parçacıkların yanı sıra beyaz, şeffaf ve krem rengi gibi renk skalasında açık renkli olarak değerlendirilen mikroplastiklerin de sucul ortamda oldukça yaygın olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Mikroplastik, Mikroplastik Kaynakları, Deniz Ekosistemi

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