EPISODE · Nov 12, 2019 · 5 MIN
Baby Fish Feast on Microplastics, and Then Get Eaten
from Science, Spoken · host SpokenLayer
Teeming off Hawaii’s famous beaches is a complex web of life—sharks, turtles, seabirds—that relies enormously on tiny larval fish, the food for many species. In their first few weeks of existence the larvae are at the mercy of currents, still too puny to get around on their own, gathering by their millions in surface “slicks” where currents meet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Teeming off Hawaii’s famous beaches is a complex web of life—sharks, turtles, seabirds—that relies enormously on tiny larval fish, the food for many species. In their first few weeks of existence the larvae are at the mercy of currents, still too puny to get around on their own, gathering by their millions in surface “slicks” where currents meet.
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Baby Fish Feast on Microplastics, and Then Get Eaten
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