Larvaceans provide a pathway for transporting microplastics into deep-sea food webs

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 18:52 in Biology & Nature

A new article shows that filter-feeding animals called giant larvaceans can collect and consume microplastic particles, potentially carrying microplastics to the deep seafloor.

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