MF25008Assessing the impact of microplastics and nanoplastics on shrimp growth, physiology, antioxidant, immune responses and gut microbiota
There is widespread contamination of our oceans with plastic waste, dominated by MPs and NPs. Crustaceans, such as shrimp, exhibit omnivorous feeding habits, consuming all available substances in their environment, including MPs from water, sediment and prey. The detrimental effects of MPs and NPs on crustaceans are multifaceted, encompassing metabolic and biochemical disturbances, alterations in feeding behaviours, histological anomalies, organ dysfunctions, synergistic interactions with heavy metals, reproductive malformations, dysregulated pattern of gene expression, elevated oxidative stress responses and diminished survival rates.