Modelling mussel (<i>Mytilus spp.</i>) microplastic accumulation

Stamataki, Natalia; Hatzonikolakis, Yannis; Tsiaras, Kostas; Tsangaris, Catherine; Petihakis, George; Sofianos, Sarantis; Triantafyllou, George

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-927-2020

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03 Aug 2020

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| 03 Aug 2020

Modelling mussel (Mytilus spp.) microplastic accumulation

Natalia Stamataki, Yannis Hatzonikolakis, Kostas Tsiaras, Catherine Tsangaris, George Petihakis, Sarantis Sofianos, and George Triantafyllou

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RC1: 'review of "Modelling mussel (Mytilus spp.) microplastic accumulation" by Stamataki et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Repplies to Reviewers', George Triantafyllou, 15 Jun 2020
RC2: 'review for the manuscript entitled “Modelling mussel (Mytilus spp.) microplastic accumulation."', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 May 2020
- AC1: 'Repplies to Reviewers', George Triantafyllou, 15 Jun 2020

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ED: Publish as is (30 Jun 2020) by Ingrid Puillat

AR by George Triantafyllou on behalf of the Authors (01 Jul 2020)

Short summary

This study examines the accumulation of microplastics on wild and cultured mussels through a dynamic energy budget model, resulting in a comparable contamination level but different cleaning time for the mussels. Our main findings highlight that microplastics contamination is strongly dependent on the variability of specific environmental aspects and improve the knowledge of the transport and accumulation of microplastics in the mussels, enlightening future work on a biomagnification scenario.