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(Research): Microplastics in the Arctic Benthic Fauna: A Case Study of the Snow Crab in the Pechora Sea, Russia

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Anna Gebruk, Yulia Ermilova, Lea‐Anne Henry, Sian F. Henley, В. А. Спиридонов, Nikolay Shabalin, Alexander Osadchiev, E. V. Yakushev, Igor Semiletov, Vadim Mokievsky

Summary

Researchers investigated microplastic contamination in Arctic snow crabs from Russia's Pechora Sea, finding that microplastics are bioavailable to benthic marine fauna in remote polar environments, contributing to growing evidence that plastic pollution threatens ocean biodiversity under the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14.

Study Type Environmental

Microplastics have been declared a threat to ocean health and status under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 Target 14.1. Microplastics are bioavailable for a wide range of marine organisms and may cause adverse physiological and biochemical...

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