Ingested microplastics (>100 mum) are translocated to organs of the tropical fiddler crab Uca rapax.
Brennecke D, Ferreira EC, Costa TM, Appel D, da Gama BA, Lenz M.
Brennecke D, et al.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2015 Jul 15;96(1-2):491-5. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.001. Epub 2015 May 23.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2015.
PMID: 26013589
Microplastics, which are accumulating in marine sediments, are assumed to pose a risk for deposit feeding invertebrates. We tested whether the fiddler crab Uca rapax ingests and retains microplastics in its body. Furthermore, we investigated whether retention rates …
Microplastics, which are accumulating in marine sediments, are assumed to pose a risk for deposit feeding invertebrates. We tested whether t …