Fig. 3: Quantitative whole-body autoradiography of scallop Pecten maximus.
From: Synthesis of 14C-labelled polystyrene nanoplastics for environmental studies
a Autoradiogram and b corresponding tissue section of a king scallop (Pecten maximus) showing the typical tissue distributions of radiolabelled nPS observed after a 6-h exposure to waterborne 14C-labelled 20 nm nanoplastic. Colour scales, using standard 16 colours from ImageJ, are in units of kBq/g and differ from one another to illustrate radiolabel distribution in different tissues. Quantified areas on the autoradiogram are displayed in Table 1. Gi gills, Go gonad, Hp hepatopancreas, I Intestine, K kidney, Mu muscle, Ma mantle. The tissue section was 50 μm thick, the exposure time on the phosphor screen was 3 weeks and the scanning resolution was 600 dots per inch (dpi).
