Assignment on Impact of Marine Pollution on Aquatic Environment

Running head: IMPACT OF MARINE POLLUTION ON AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
IMPACT OF MARINE POLLUTION ON AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
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Answer 1
Topic: Marine Pollution
Answer 2
The areas that is explored on the selected topic are:
 The causes of pollution in the aquatic environment
 The impact of marine pollution on the flora and fauna
 The preventive measures that can be taken to minimize marine
pollution
Answer 3
The topic that I have chosen for research is ‘Marine Pollution’, a major issue
that the world is facing now. The aquatic environment is highly affected due to the
causes of marine pollution such as oil spills, disposals from factories and many
similar reasons. This pollution is creating a negative impact on the ecosystem of the
flora and fauna. Hence, the title for the assignment is:
‘Impact of Marine Pollution on Aquatic Environment’.
Answer 4
Liang Sharolynne, X. T., Wong, L. S., Dhanapal Anto Cordelia, T. A., &
Sinouvassane, D. (2020). Toxicity of metals and metallic nanoparticles on
nutritional properties of microalgae. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 231(2)
doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/10.1007/s11270-020-4413-5
According to Liang Sharolynne et al. (2020), the metallic wastes that are
discharged from the industries across the world are highly responsible for polluting

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the aquatic environment of the water bodies and disrupting the marine ecosystem.
The microalgae are substances that the humans use for food and supplement
because they are high in their nutrition content comprising of proteins, minerals,
vitamins and other similar materials. However, the metallic and the non-metallic
particles that are highly concentrated makes the microalgae toxic enough to discard
food or for supplementary purposes. The journal highlights the toxicity mechanism of
the metals as well as the metallic nano particles that plays an effective role in
degrading the quality of the microalgae, reduces their growth rate and reduces their
nutritional properties at a significant rate.
Meng, X., Li, F., Wang, X., Liu, J., Ji, C., & Wu, H. (2020). Toxicological
effects of graphene on mussel mytilus galloprovincialis hemocytes after
individual and combined exposure with triphenyl phosphate. Marine Pollution
Bulletin, 151, 1.
doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110838
According to the research of Meng et al. (2020), the nanoparticles of
graphene are released into the aquatic environment to aim growth in the production
of flora and fauna. However, the side effect of this purpose is the interaction of these
graphene particles with the other contaminants such as Triphenyl phosphate that
mixes with the graphene particles to stimulate the growth of Mytilus
galloprovincialis hemocytes. The impact of this contamination is that the mussel
hemocytes are affected by the DNA damage with potential decrease in the stability
of their lysosomal membrane and apoptosis. The hemocytes incorporates graphene
resulting in oxidative stress. Thus, the study concludes that the graphene particles
should be released in a limited amount to prevent the stress in oxidation of the
aquatic flora and fauna.