Stack Processing Mussels (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Stack Processing Mussels

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Study author Margaret Stack processes mussel samples as part of a microplastic fiber uptake experiment. Researchers from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the Shaw Institute recently found that mussels readily take in microplastic fibers and quickly flush most out again.

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Veronica Young, Shaw Institute

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