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Title
Uptake and Retention of Microplastics by the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas
Title (original)
Uptake and Retention of Microplastics by the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas
Description
Ingested polystyrene microspheres were retained within the body tissues of shore crabs for up to 21 days following inspiration across the gill, identifying ventilation as a route of uptake of microplastics into a common marine nonfilter feeding species.
Authors
Andrew J. R. Watts, Ceri Lewis, Rhys M. Goodhead, Stephen J. Beckett, Julian Moger, Charles R. Tyler, and Tamara S. Galloway
Publication year
2014
Resource type
Scientific publication
Language
English
Areas of knowledge
Microplastics
Number of links to resource
1
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Uptake and Retention of Microplastics by the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas Andrew J. R. Watts, Ceri Lewis, Rhys M. Goodhead, Stephen J. Beckett, Julian Moger, Charles R. Tyler, and Tamara S. Galloway Environmental Science & Technology 2014 48 (15), 8823-8830

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