Plastic pollution affects American lobsters, Homarus americanus.

This paper provides the first record of ingestion of plastic debris by American lobster, Homarus americanus. Plastics particles, identified as rubber pieces, were found in the stomachs of 3 from 17 individuals of lobsters kept in laboratory conditions. Debris had evidence of cuts, what suggest they were actively consumed.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Publication date

  2019-01-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.12.017PMID 30660305
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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