Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastic fibers on Pacific mole crab (<scp><i>Emerita analoga</i></scp>) mortality and reproduction

A. Horn, Dorothy; F. Granek, Elise; Steele, Clare

doi:10.1002/lol2.10137

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Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastic fibers on Pacific mole crab (Emerita analoga) mortality and reproduction

Published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters • Dec 30, 2019

Authors:

Dorothy A. Horn

Elise F. Granek

Clare Steele

Abstract

Abstract Microplastics are ubiquitous in marine systems; however, knowledge of the effects of these particles on marine fauna is limited. Ocean‐borne plastic debris accumulates in littoral ecosystems worldwide, and invertebrate infauna inhabiting these systems can ingest small plastic particles and ...

Subject

Microplastics

Biology

Ecology

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