Zooplankton Rapidly Evolve Tolerance to Road Salt

Friday, January 6, 2017 - 12:21 in Biology & Nature

A common species of zooplankton--the smallest animals in the freshwater food web--can evolve genetic tolerance to moderate levels of road salt in as little as two and a half months, according to new research published online today in the journal Environmental Pollution.

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