Emily Shore retweeted
Microplastics are a big problem for the #ocean's smallest creatures.
#UVMresearch by Emily Shore ’19 G ’20 & Prof. Melissa Pespeni suggests that less carbon settles when zooplankton consume plastics — which is bad news for ocean health and climate change: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
ALT Prof. Melissa Pespeni and Emily Shore '19 G '20 work in a lab
Emily Shore retweeted
Meet the copepod. These tiny crustaceans swim in our oceans, eating algae and getting eaten by fish. Now, copepods are also eating #microplastics — which makes Emily Shore '19 G'20 worried. Her #UVMResearch: on.uvm.edu/1x3650xRaC2
