The Response of Duckweed Lemna minor to Microplastics and Its Potential Use as a Bioindicator of Microplastic Pollution

Biomonitoring has become an indispensable tool for detecting various environmental pollutants, but microplastics have been greatly neglected in this context. They are currently monitored using multistep physico-chemical methods that are time-consuming and expensive, making the search for new monitor...

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Published in:	Plants (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 21; p. 2953
Main Authors:	Rozman, Ula, Kalčíková, Gabriela
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 02-11-2022 MDPI
Subjects:	Adhesion aquatic Aquatic ecosystems Aquatic plants Bioindicators Biomarkers Biomonitoring Cellulose Chlorophyll Context Duckweed Dust Fibers Floating plants Fresh water Growth rate Indicator species Lemna minor microbeads Microplastics Microspheres Nanoparticles Particulate matter phytoremediation Plastic debris Plastic pollution Pollutants Pollution Polyethylene Polyethylene terephthalate Tires Wear particles
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