Microplastics Affect Sand Crabs' Mortality and Reproduction (IMAGE)

Portland State University

Microplastics Affect Sand Crabs' Mortality and Reproduction

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A Pacific mole crab, or a sandcrab, in an aquarium. You can see the feeding appendages are out feeling for food in the water. PSU researcher Dorothy Horn examined the effects of exposure to microfibers on adult mortality, reproductive output and embryonic development of the sand crab.

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Dorothy Horn

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