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Caffeinated Seas: Unique Tracers for Wastewater-borne Contaminants
Coastal Management

Caffeinated Seas: Unique Tracers for Wastewater-borne Contaminants

Did you ever think your coffee addiction could help solve marine pollution? It turns out all that caffeine and artificial…
July 9, 2020July 8, 2020 Constance Sartor
Deadly neurotoxin may help de-stress pufferfish
Behavior

Deadly neurotoxin may help de-stress pufferfish

The flesh of many pufferfish is laced with a deadly neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin. This toxin successfully wards off pufferfish predators,…
January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Ashley Marranzino
Larval fish foraging grounds inundated by plastic pollution
Human impacts

Larval fish foraging grounds inundated by plastic pollution

If the adage "you are what you eat" holds true, we may be in some big trouble. A recent study…
December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 Ashley Marranzino

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