Short-Term Microplastic Exposure Impairs Cognition in Hermit Crabs
We tested whether acute microplastic exposure impacts information gathering and processing (cognition) in hermit crabs (<i>Pagurus bernhardus</i>). For five days, we kept 51 hermit crabs in tanks containing either polyethylene microspheres (<i>n</i> = 27) or no plastic (<i...
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MDPI AG
2023-03-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/6/1055 |