# L'ingestion des micro-plastiques par les animaux marins (Ifremer 00642-75442)

In the ocean, plastic waste generates billions of particles through fragmentation: microplastics. These can be ingested by animals. The physiological impact of this ingestion has, until now, been little studied. Microplastics have been found in the stomach and on the gills of fish, but also inside other marine organisms. Ifremer is seeking to better understand the impact of this ingestion on the feeding, reproduction and growth of marine organisms.

This film was made using computer-generated images.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2017
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Olivier Dugornay, Emina Mamaca
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%27ingestion_des_micro-plastiques_par_les_animaux_marins_(Ifremer_00642-75442).webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Olivier Dugornay, Emina Mamaca
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/160617351?play=1)