Sea Anemones Ingest Plastic Microfibers (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Sea Anemones Ingest Plastic Microfibers

Caption

Fluorescent plastic microfibers that have been ingested by a bleached sea anemone, Aiptasia pallida.

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Manoela Romanó de Orte

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