Microplastic contamination of the drilling bivalve Hiatella arctica in Arctic rhodolith beds

Abstract There is an increasing number of studies reporting microplastic (MP) contamination in the Arctic environment. We analysed MP abundance in samples from a marine Arctic ecosystem that has not been investigated in this context and that features a high biodiversity: hollow rhodoliths gouged by...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Teichert, Martin G. J. Löder, Ines Pyko, Marlene Mordek, Christian Schulbert, Max Wisshak, Christian Laforsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93668-w