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Aquatic Health Content for 嘿嘿视频enClams and Water Pumping Explain Phytoplankton Decline in San Francisco Estuary
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<p>A combination of invasive clams and water pumping explains the drastic suppression of phytoplankton in the San Francisco Estuary, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. </p>
<p>Previous studies linked fish declines in the estuary in part to a limited supply of phytoplankton. These tiny microscopic algae make up the base of the food web: Fish eat zooplankton, which eat phytoplankton. </p>April 08, 2019 - 4:27pmKatherine E Kerlin/climate/news/clams-and-water-pumping-explain-phytoplankton-decline-san-francisco-estuaryPlastic for Dinner: A Quarter of Fish Sold at Markets Contain Human-Made Debris
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<p>Roughly a quarter of the fish sampled from fish markets in California and Indonesia contained human-made debris 鈥� plastic or fibrous material 鈥� in their guts, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, and Hasanuddin University in Indonesia.</p>
<p>The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is one of the first to directly link plastic and human-made debris to the fish on consumers鈥� dinner plates.</p>September 24, 2015 - 9:05amIET WebDev/news/plastic-dinner-quarter-fish-sold-markets-contain-human-made-debris