Plastic Poses Massive Threat to Fish Larvae
Larval perch from the Baltic Sea that has ingested microplastic particles. Photograph: Oona Lönnstedt, Uppsala University
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NTNEws.com reported that researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have showed that “exposure to microplastic particles at levels present in seas inhibited hatching of fertilised eggs, stunted larval growth, reduced activity levels, and made them more susceptible to predators, increasing mortality rates,
The Uppsala University study was published in the journal Science.
An abstract, Environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastic particles influence larval fish ecology, is found here.
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