Las concentraciones de partículas microplásticas relevantes para el medio ambiente influyen en la ecología de las

Oona M Lönnstedt1, Peter Eklöv2

  • 1Department of Ecology and Genetics, Limnology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden oona.lonnstedt@ebc.uu.se.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 4, 2016
PubMed
Resumen

La contaminación por plástico daña la vida acuática. La exposición al microplástico en las larvas de perca europea redujo la eclosión, el crecimiento y la evitación de los depredadores, aumentando la mortalidad. Esto pone de relieve los impactos químicos y físicos de los microplásticos en el desarrollo y la supervivencia de los peces.

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