Coleen Suckling

This is the first study to make comparisons between marine species on how they interact with and respond to microplastics at concentrations found within the field. Sea urchins live on the sea bed and are omnivorous meaning that they eat a range of small animals…

Our study highlights that the choice of your laboratory experimental conditions can have a major influence on your experimental outcomes. Sounds like common sense, right? Looking through literature, however, it becomes apparent that even the most basic of holding conditions, such as stocking density or…

Our study, published yesterday, is the 1st to investigate the responses of adult sea urchins to the effects of microplastic pollution. We wanted to know whether short-term storm events would impact the physiology of animals found on the seabed. Storms can resuspend microplastics trapped within…