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+[[!meta title="From the surface to the seafloor: How giant larvaceans transport microplastics into the deep sea."]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura microplastic]]
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+Sci Adv. 2017 Aug 16;3(8):e1700715. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700715
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+Katija K, Choy CA, Sherlock RE, Sherman AD, Robison BH.
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+From the surface to the seafloor: How giant larvaceans transport microplastics into the deep sea.
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+[[!pmid 28835922 desc="B. strygius fed with microplastic particles."]]
- Oikopleuridae can be found in the deep see. For instance, [[Lindsay and
coll., 2014|biblio/10.1007_978-4-431-54865-2_51]] reported _Oikopleura_, _Mesochordaeus_
and _Bathochordaeus_ individuals in the Hatoma Knoll hydrothermal vent, Okinawa Trough.
+ - Oikopleuridae have been reported to be able to ingest microplastics. Example(s):
+ _B. stygius_ ([[Katija and coll., 2017b|biblio/28835922]]).
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