Saturday, June 04, 2016

Plastic Threatens Fish

Science Daily: Microplastic particles threaten fish larvae
summary - Researchers have found that larval fish exposed to microplastic particles during development displayed changed behaviors and stunted growth which lead to greatly increased mortality rates. The researchers discovered that larval perch that had access to microplastic particles only ate plastic and ignored their natural food source of free-swimming zooplankton.

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